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Please note: All Linux and HP-UX sample commands in this section are performed as the root user (prompt = #). This may not be necessary for all commands in all environments depending on the local permission settings. The commands can be executed on the Charon host graphical console or via a non-graphical login (e.g., SSH). However, for accessing the running emulator, the use of PuTTY is strongly recommended because it works best with the emulator environment.

The Charon-PAR/PA9-32 functionality of Charon-PAR emulates historic 32-bit HP9000 hardware. This section shows a sample installation of a 32-bit guest system.

HP-UX ISO Installation Medium 

To install a basic HP-UX system running as a guest system in an emulator instance, you need to provide an HP-UX ISO installation medium.

Charon-PAR/PA9-32 currently only supports HP-UX 9.07. For this version of HP-UX, two ISO files are required:

• HP-UX 9.07 install ISO (mini-system installation)
• HP-UX 9.07 Core_OS ISO (operating system filesets)

Copy the ISO files to the directory you prepared for the disk containers of your emulated instance.

Creating a Virtual Disk Container for the System Disk

The emulated system requires a disk on which the HP-UX system will be installed. Create a system disk as shown in the following example:

Adapting the Configuration File Template

The configuration file template must be adapted to the customer environment and the required guest system characteristics. This section describes the minimum number of changes required to configure a Charon-PAR/PA9-32 emulator instance. Please refer to Configuration File Reference for a detailed description of the configuration file options.

Perform the following steps to create a basic configuration file for a Charon-PAR emulated historic HP9000 (rp2400 example) system:

Starting the Emulated System and Installing the Guest System

This section shows how to start the emulator and install a HP-UX system.

Please note: The examples in this section assume that a graphical interface is used, on which a PuTTY session can be run. Should this not be possible, you can access the console of the emulated system by using, for example, a telnet client and pointing it to the TCP port on the Charon host defined for the serial console port in the configuration file. The default port is 30000 (sample command:  $ telnet <charon-host> 30000).

Starting the Emulator

To start the emulated Charon-PAR/PA9-32 system, perform the following steps:

If everything works, you will see log output in the current terminal window ending an a pa9-32> prompt. This is the Charon-PAR emulator console. It displays log information, allows to set configuration parameters and to stop the emulator.

At the same time, a green PuTTY console window will open.

Please note: Should there be an error from PuTTY about missing fonts, start PuTTY as the root user, load the PAR-Telnet-VT100 profile, set a font that is available on the host system, save the configuration.

Booting from the Install ISO File

In green PuTTY console window perform the following steps to boot the installation ISO file (containing a very basic system):

• Press the Enter key.
• This should produce the prompt Main Menu: Enter command or menu >.
• Enter the command boot 2/0/1.1.0 to boot from the ISO and confirm by pressing the Enter key.
• At the prompt Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> answer N.
• At the next prompt, select VT100 as the terminal.

You will be offered additional installation options as shown in the sample below:

Then you are asked to configure the swap space for the system:

And eventually, you have to confirm that the installation should be performed:

After the confirmation, the basic system with the essential operating system components will be installed and the system is automatically shut down.

You will be returned to the console prompt.

Type exit at the pa9-32> prompt to stop the emulator.

HP-UX 9.07 Installation Phase 2: Installing the Operating System Filesets

During this step, the basic system will be used to install the other components of the operating system.

Step 1: replace the install ISO file in the emulator configuration with the Core_OS ISO file as described below:

• Open the emulator configuration file in a text editor.
• Find the definition for the virtual CD-ROM (DKA100 in this example).
• Modify the definition to point to your Core_OS ISO file for the mini-system.
  Example:
  DKA100.image="/data/Stromasys/host1/Data/Disk/HP-UX_9.07_Core_OS_S700.iso"

Step 2: start the emulator and boot the basic HP-UX system as described below:

• Go to the directory where the emulator configuration file is stored.
• Start the emulator.
  Example:
  # /opt/charon/bin/charon-par -f host1.cfg
• In the green PuTTY window, at the prompt Main Menu: Enter command or menu >, enter the boot command
  boot 2/0/1.0.0 and press Return to boot from the system disk (DKA0 in this example).
• Enter N at the Interact with IPL prompt.
• The basic HP-UX system should boot.

Step 3: install the Core OS filesets as described below:

• Confirm that you have the correct ISO installed.
• Enter your choice for the fileset selection (normally all filesets of the Core OS).
  
• You will be asked to confirm your choice twice.
• Then, the loading of the filesets begins.
• At the end, the HP-UX system is shut down and returns to the console environment.

HP-UX 9.07 Installation Phase 3: Booting and Configuring the HP-UX Operating System

Upon boot, you will be asked a few questions for the initial configuration of your system.

Step 1: decide if the system should be connected to a network:

If you answer yes to this question, you will be lead through a series of questions and dialogs allowing you to configure

• hostname
• IP address and netmask
• default gateway
• DNS
• fontserver

Step 2: configure the timezone and time.

A set of questions and dialogs will lead you through this step. Note that HP-UX 9.07 may not allow you to set the current year (last year to set may be 1999). You can set the date later using the date command:
# date [-u] [mmddhhmm[[cc]yy]]
(Format: month / day of month / hour / minutes / century / year)

Step 3: set the root password.

Step 4: login and terminal configuration.

After the above steps have been completed, you will be able to login as the root user and start using the system. At the beginning, you have to select your terminal settings.

Stopping the Emulator

In order to stop the emulator in an orderly manner, perform the following steps:

1. Shut down the guest operating system:

# shutdown -h now

2. After the guest operating system shutdown is complete, stop the emulator:

• Emulator started in interactive mode (Charon-PAR console is available): Enter the exit command at the pa9-32> prompt and hit Enter. This will cause the emulator to close the disk images of the emulated system and to exit.
• Emulator started as daemon or as a service (Charon-PAR console is not available): In the current version, the emulator process is not stopped automatically after the guest system has been shut down. This means it must be stopped manually using the kill command from the root user on the Charon host system. This behavior may change in future versions of the software. Perform the following steps to stop the Charon-PAR process:
  1. Find the PID (process id) of the process: # ps -ef | grep -i charon-par
  2. Stop the process: # kill <charon-par-pid>