Purpose of this Document
This document covers Charon-PAR version 2.1.0. For other versions, please refer to the relevant documentation of your product version.
This user's guide covers all aspects of selecting a suitable environment (hardware and software) to run the Charon-PAR emulator. It also describes all tasks involved with installing, configuring, and running the Charon-PAR emulator.
The following topics are not covered by this guide:
- While this document will cover guest system specific configuration aspects where required, it does not cover the management of the guest system (MPE/iX and HP-UX).
- It also does not cover the migration of a physical HP server system to an emulated system. If you require migration support, please contact your Stromasys representative or a Stromasys partner.
Product naming conventions:
- Charon-PAR: general name for this Charon emulator product.
- Charon-PAR/PA3: functionality of the Charon-PAR product emulating historic HP3000 hardware.
- Charon-PAR/PA9-64 and Charon-PAR/PA9-32: functionality of the Charon-PAR product emulating historic HP9000 hardware. Here, PA9-64 denotes the 64-bit emulator, PA9-32 the 32-bit emulator.
Intended Audience
This document is intended to be used by any end-user or Stromasys partner required to install, configure, and manage a Charon-PAR installation. It is assumed that a reader of this document has a basic knowledge of managing Linux systems and is familiar with the guest operating system used.
Content Overview
The following are the main topics covered in this user's guide:
- Virtual Hardware Supported by Charon-PAR: basic overview of amount of memory and maximum number of CPUs supported by the different emulated models. Details for each model are provided in Emulated Model Hardware Configuration Details.
- Charon-PAR Prerequisites: requirements that must be fulfilled by the host system before Charon can be installed.
- Charon-PAR Software Installation: installation packages overview and installation steps.
- Charon-PAR Guest Instance Basic Configuration and OS Installation: basic steps of setting up a CHARON-PAR/PA3 (emulates historic HP3000 hardware) or Charon-PAR/PA9 (emulates historic HP9000 hardware) system, and a sample HP-UX installation.
- Serial Line Emulation Notes: information about how to set up different terminal emulators.
- Emulator configuration details:
- Charon-PAR Command-Line Options: command-line options provided by the Charon-PAR emulator image.
- HP-UX Graphical Connection via X-Server: configuration details for host and guest system.
- File Transfer to and from Guest Operating System: hints on different file transfer methods that may be useful during a migration situation.
- Upgrading the Charon-PAR Software and Deinstalling the Charon-PAR Software
- License Management Overview for Charon-PAR: overview of the different tools available for license management and important configuration options.
- Charon-PAR Utilities: description of additional command-line utilities.
- Emulated System Firmware Functions: overview of options available on the console of an emulated system.
- HP3000 Command Files & UDCs: additional tools provided on the MPE pre-installed disk.
Obtaining Documentation
The latest released version of this manual and other related documentation are available on the Stromasys support website at Product Documentation and Knowledge Base.
Obtaining Technical Assistance or General Product Information
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Several support channels are available to cover the Charon virtualization products.
If you have a support contract with Stromasys, please visit http://www.stromasys.com/support/ for up-to-date support telephone numbers and business hours. Alternatively, the support center is available via email at support@stromasys.com.
If you purchased a Charon product through a Value-Added Reseller (VAR), please contact them directly.
Obtaining General Product Information
If you require information in addition to what is available on the Stromasys Product Documentation and Knowledge Base and on the Stromasys web site you can contact the Stromasys team using https://www.stromasys.com/contact/, or by sending an email to info@stromasys.com.
For further information on purchases and the product best suited to your requirements, you can also contact your regional sales team by phone:
| Region | Phone | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Americas | +1 919 239 8450 | Stromasys LLC |
| Europe, Middle-East and Africa | +41 22 794 1070 | Avenue Louis-Casai 84 |
Conventions
Notation | Description |
$ | The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS. The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input. |
Definitions
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server |
| Guest | The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris, MPE or HP-UX |