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1. CHARON AXP Document 60 15 018 006 SOF T WARE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION CHARON AXP SMA for Windows Product version 2 1 Build 32 Description CHARON AXP SMA Small and Medium Alpha is a member of the CHARON cross platform hardware virtual ization product family by Stromasys It will run the Alpha operating systems OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX including the layered products and application software in their ex isting binary form It quickly moves your Alpha software and data to a general purpose computer CHARON AXP SMA for Windows is designed to replace the following Alpha computer systems by its virtual equivalent running on a 64 bit Intel AMD Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server 2008 R2 host platform e AlphaServer 300 and 400 e AlphaServer 1000 2000 1 CPU 4000 1 CPU e DEC3000 Most of the original Alpha hardware is virtualized allowing the OpenVMS or Tru64 operating system and all software that is running in that environment to remain working as always No changes to the original software operating system layered products or applications its procedures or handling have to be applied Network CHARON AXP virtualizes the Ethernet controllers as in cluded in the original AlphaServer hardware that is re placed DE435 DE450 and DE500 Any protocol that ran on these controllers DECnet TCP IP LAT will run over this virtualized link Storage CHARON AXP SMA provides support for Alpha storage devices disk tape and gen2. censing allows combining multiple licenses on one multi core host system when the rule of reserving 1 additional CPU for every virtual Alpha CPU s is respect ed Product license key The CHARON USB type license key is permanently con nected to the host system running CHARON AXP It pre serves the customer specific license parameters allows remote electronic updates and enables rapid change of host systems as the CHARON executable itself can be installed on multiple systems For mission critical applications a backup key containing 720 hours execution time can be ordered to meet any dis aster recovery plan that requires replacement hardware Distribution kit Installation kit SPDs User manual Release notes and Performance Measurements are available from an ftp site Additional utilities Taskbar menu Manage the active virtual Alpha s MKdisk Create empty VAX disk images SCSIcheck Locate CHARON names for disks tapes CD s floppy disks and other SCSI devices I O bypass driver Flexible device definition and more effi cient I O OpenVMS only Idle Suspends host CPU usage when the operating sys tem is idle energy save mode Valid for OpenVMS only CHABON User environment AXP STROMASYS VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES After installation the system will behave like the Alpha it replaces and should be treated like that Alpha Operating procedures will be the same and we advise not to treat it as a Wind
3. d run time license One year license 720 hour disaster recovery license GOLD support 9x5 Platinum support 24 7 Part Number CHAXP 800IP WI CHAXP 800IY WI CHAXP 800IK WI CHAXP 8001U WI CHAXP 800IT WI PRESERVING YOUR SOFTWARE INVESTMENT ACROSS HARDWARE GENERATIONS STROMASYS SA STROMASYS APAC LTD STROMASYS INC STROMASYS GmbH Headquarters Asia Pacific Region Americas Region Europe Middle East amp Africa Ch du Pont du Centenaire 109 2 F Eton Tower 3801 Lake Boone Trail Suite 410 Landsberger Strasse 290 1228 Plan les Quates 8 Hysan Avenue Raleigh NC 27607 80687 Munich Switzerland Causeway Bay Hong Kong United States of America Germany Phone 41 22 794 1070 Phone 852 2910 7730 Phone 1 919 239 8450 Tel 49 89 5404132 0 Fax 41 22 794 1073 Fax 852 2910 7729 Fax 1 919 239 8451 Fax 49 89 5404132 29 Email info stromasys com Email apac sales stromasys com Email us sales stromasys com Email emea stromasys com
4. eric SCSI pass through via virtual KZPBA SCSI adapters CHARON AXP SMA allows connecting Alpha SCSI devices to logical disks or tapes that appear as container files in the host operating sys tem connections to Windows physical devices and direct SCSI addressing In the latter case the nature of the con nected device is not important the Alpha Operating sys tem already included the drivers for these devices The storage support is based on SCSI however CHAR ON AXP SMA includes a special OpenVMS driver that allows to present OpenVMS with other device types IDE DQA FibreChannel DGA DSSI DIA RAIDarray DRA and MSCP DUA next to SCSI DKA MKA GKA The nature of the storage technology on the host comput er is hidden the Alpha Operating system allowing to store e g SCSI or IDE disk on a FibreChannel SAN Performance When run on a HP Proliant with multi core 3 GHz proces sor CHARON AXP SMA provides better performance than the Alpha hardware it replaces CHARON Host system requirements CHARON AXP is designed to run on 64 bit Windows Server 2003 R2 or Server 2008 R2 which is supported by AMD and Intel processor systems or on a VMware ESXi 4 1 Update 1 virtual appliance CHARON AXP SMA virtualizes a single CPU Alpha sys tem and therefore claims one of the CPU s on the host sys tem for that task Additional CPU capacity is required for I O handling and other virtualization support tasks CHAR ON AXP SMA li
5. ows system despite the fact it runs on a Windows kernel The product documentation includes an advisory for switching off unused Windows services and the Windows kernel can be disconnected from the network after installation Virtualized Alpha System Earliest OpenVMS Version Earliest Tru64 Version Max virtual Memory SCSI subsystem FibreChannel support MSCP support IDE support DSSI support RAID array support Ethernet adapter Serial Lines Adapter COM port support Max number of adapters supported Disk support Tape support Generic SCSI device type unknown Clustering support Host operating system Host CPU RAM Recommended Hardware AlphaServer 300 or 400 AlphaServer 1000 2000 4000 single CPU DEC3000 Container files on Windows file systems Windows physical disks direct SCSI devices Container files on Windows file systems Windows physical disks direct SCSI devices USB tape device support NI clusters shared disk clusters Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Server 2003 R2 Windows 7 and Windows XP 64 bit on top of a physical host or on VMware ESXi 4 1 update 1 Amount of host system CPU cores 2 amount of emulated AXP CPU cores Host RAM 2 2 GB amount of emulated AXP RAM HP Proliant servers Intel Xeon 5600 family frequency at least 2 8 GHz 1 Requires a special driver offering the right device name which is available for OpenVMS only Ordering information CHARON AXP SMA Unlimite
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