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Document:	CHARON-AXP Win Station SPD
Order Number:	XX-D70ED-03
Revision:	0
Pages:	2
Original Filename:	CHARON-AXP%20Win%20Station%20SPD.pdf

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CHARON-AXP/SMA, /SMA PLUS,
and /Station for Windows
Product version: 2.2 Build 39!
Description
CHARON-AXP/SMA, /SMA PLUS, and /Station (where
SMA stands for Small and Medium Alpha) represent a
family of the CHARON cross-platform hardware
virtualization products by Stromasys. It will run the Alpha
operating systems OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX including
the layered products and application software in their
existing, binary form. It allows you to quickly move your
Alpha software and data to a general purpose computer.

CHARON-AXP/SMA, /SMA PLUS, and /Station
for Windows family is designed to replace a wide
range of small and medium sized Alpha systems with up
to 1 (/Station), 2 (/SMA), or 4 (/SMA PLUS) emulated
AXP CPUs. Please refer to the second page for the
details.
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 or minimal 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
included in the original AlphaServer hardware that is
replaced (DE435, DE450 and DE500BA). Any protocol
that ran on these controllers (DECnet, TCP/IP, LAT) will
run over this virtualized link.
Storage
CHARON-AXP provides support for Alpha storage
devices: disk, tape and generic SCSI via virtual KZPBA
SCSI adapters. CHARON-AXP allows connecting Alpha
SCSI devices to logical disks or tapes that appear as
container files in the host operating system, connections
to Windows physical devices and direct SCSI
addressing. In the latter case the nature of the
connected device is not important; the Alpha Operating
system already included the drivers for these devices.
The storage support is based on SCSI, however
CHARON-AXP includes a special OpenVMS driver that
allows presenting OpenVMS with other device types:
IDE (DQ), FibreChannel (DG), DSSI (DI), RAIDarray
(DR) and MSCP (DU), next to SCSI (DK/MK/GK
devices).
The nature of the storage technology on the host
computer is hidden the Alpha Operating system,
allowing to store emulated SCSI or IDE disk on a
FibreChannel SAN.

Performance
CHARON-AXP performance scales almost linearly with
the host physical CPU (per core) performance. When run
on a HP Proliant with latest multi-core 3.6 GHz
processor CHARON-AXP provides approximately similar
performance than the Alpha hardware it replaces.
Please refer to the Performance Measurements provided
with the product kit for details.
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 and ESXi 5.x virtual appliance.
CHARON-AXP virtualizes a single or multiple (up to 4)
CPUs Alpha system and therefore claims one of the
CPU's on the host system for every virtual Alpha CPU.
Additional host CPU capacity is required for I/O handling
and other virtualization support tasks. CHARON-AXP
licensing allows combining multiple licenses on one
multi-core host system, when the rule of reserving 1
additional hosting CPU core for every virtual Alpha CPU.
Product license key
The CHARON USB Sentinel HASP license key must be
permanently connected to the host system. It preserves
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.
Licensing
The CHARON-AXP/SMA, /SMA PLUS, and /Station
base license includes 1 virtual Alpha CPU. An additional
CPU option can be purchased separately. Amount of
emulated RAM is set to maximum supported by model.
CHARON-AXP licensing allows combining multiple
instances of CHARON-VAX and CHARON-AXP on a
single multi-core host system.

CHARON'AXP*Products*

Emulated*hardware*models.*
Base*license*includes*single*
CPU*(in*brackets:*maximum*
possible*amount*of*CPUs)*
Emulated*RAM*/**
available*virtual*PCI*slots*

CHARON'AXP/Station!
AlphaStation!200,!250!(1!CPU)!

Up!to!4!GB!/!
up!to!10!emulated!PCI!controllers!

CHARON'AXP/SMA!

DMCC,!Flexor!OEM!systems!(1!CPU)!
AlphaStation!500,!600,!DPW,!XP900,!XP1000!
AlphaServer!800,!1200,!DS10!!(1!CPU)!
AlphaServer!DS20,!DS25!(2!CPUs)!
AlphaServer!2100,!4100,!ES40!(4!CPUs)!

CHARON'AXP/SMA*PLUS*

DEC3000!(1!CPU)!
AlphaServer!300,!400,!1000!(1!CPU)!
AlphaServer!2000,!4000!(2!CPUs)!

Up!to!8!GB!(Up!to!16!GB!for!ES40)!/!
up!to!20!emulated!PCI!controllers!

Virtualized*Alpha*hardware*details*

Up!to!8!GB!(up!to!1GB!for!DEC3000)!/!
up!to!20!emulated!PCI!controllers!

Emulated!SCSI!adapter!KZPBA;!up!to!120!storage!units!(disks,!tapes,!and!CD/DVD)!supported!simultaneously!
For!VMS!only:!VMS!Bypass!driver!enabling!emulated!FC!(DG),!MSCP!(DU),!IDE!(DQ),!DSSI!(DI),!and!RAID!(DR)!disks!
Virtual!disk!images!on!a!local!and!remote!Windows!file!system!(.vdisk!container!files);!physical!
SCSI!disks!and!partitions;!iSCSI!disks;!SAN!attached!storage!volumes!(\.\\PhysicalDriveX!or!\.\\SCSI!devices)!

Storage*adapter*support*
Disk*storage*support*

Virtual!tape!images!on!a!local!and!remote!Windows!file!system!(.vtape!container!files);!physical!SCSI!tape!drives!(\.\\TapeX!or!\.\\SCSI!devices)!

Emulated!PCI!DEC!21x4x!adapter!family:!DE435,!DE450,!DE500BA!

Virtual!CD/DVDs!images!(.iso!container!files);!physical!CD/DVD!drives!(\.\\CdRomX!devices)!/!Physical!floppy!drive!1.44!MB!(\.\\A:!device)!

Tape*storage*support*
CDROM/Floppy*disk*support*
Ethernet*Network*support*

OPA0!console!attached!to!a!Windows!terminal!emulator,!a!physical!serial!port!(COMxx:!device),!or!a!TCP/IP!socket!/!
emulated!8!serial!lines!PBXDA!controller!/!pass!through!to!the!hosting!server!parallel!port!

Emulated!DG!and!DR!devices!!

Console*/*Serial*lines**
/*on'board*Parallel*port*

For!single!AXP!CPU!configurations:!OpenVMS!6.2`1H3!–!OpenVMS!8.4!(For!DEC3000!the!earliest!VMS!version!is!6.1)!
For!multiple!AXP!CPU!configurations:!OpenVMS!7.1`2!–!OpenVMS!8.4!

Fiber*Channel/RAID*support**

Supported*VMS*versions*

!For!single!AXP!CPU!configurations:!Tru64!UNIX!3.2C!–!5.1B!(For!DEC3000!the!earliest!Tru64!version!is!3.2)!
For!multiple!AXP!CPU!configurations:!Tru64!UNIX!4.0F!–!5.1B!(also!known!as:!Compaq!or!HP!Tru64!UNIX)!

Amount!of!host!system!CPU!cores!≥!2!*(amount!of!emulated!AXP!CPU!cores);!Host!RAM!≥!2!GB!+!(amount!of!emulated!AXP!RAM)!

Microsoft!Windows!Server!2012,!Microsoft!Windows!8!(64`bit),!Microsoft!Windows!Server!2008!R2!(64`bit),!Server!2003!R2!(Standard!and!Enterprise!
editions),!Windows!7!(64`bit),!and!Windows!XP!(64`bit),!Windows!Vista(64`bit)!!
(Professional!and!Ultimate!editions)!on!top!of!a!physical!host!or!on!VMware!ESXi!4.1!update!1!or!ESXi!5.x!

Host*system*requirements*

CHARON`AXP!taskbar!menu;!IDLE!(supported!for!single!AXP!CPU!configurations!only);!!
HASP_VIEW;!HASPRUS;!mkdisk;!SCSIcheck;!CHARON!Network!Control!Center!

Supported*Tru64*versions*
Additional*CHARON*utilities*

Host*operating*system*
Host*CPU/RAM*

HP!Proliant!servers;!Intel!Xeon!E7,!E5,!5600!CPU!family,!or!Intel!Core!i7!G2!and!G3!CPU!family,!frequency!at!least!3!GHz!

Unlimited/Annual*license*

CHAXP`805IU`WI!/!CHAXP`805IT`WI!

CHAXP`805IP`WI!/!CHAXP`805IY`WI!

CHAXP`800IK`WI!/!CHAXP`CPUIP`WI!

CHAXP`800IU`WI!/!CHAXP`800IT`WI!

CHAXP`800IP`WI!/!CHAXP`800IY`WI!

CHAXP`807IK`WI!/!CHAXP`CPUIP`WI!

CHAXP`807IU`WI!/!CHAXP`807IT`WI!

CHAXP`807IP`WI!/!CHAXP`807IY`WI!

Recommended*Hardware*

Annual*GOLD/PLAT*Support**

CHAXP`805IK`WI!/!`!

Ordering*information*

Backup*license*/*Add*a*CPU*