Siemens PCS 7 - External Archive Servers and Reporting System; Process Historian and Information Server

Note on the use of a dedicated Maintenance Station on a redundant, fault-tolerant plant bus
When connecting an MS server on a separate PC station via two standard network adapters,
for example, Intel Desktop adapters, to a redundant plant bus (two separate rings) keep in
mind that the IP addresses of the ring devices in ring 1 and ring 2, as well as the two standard
network adapters connected to these rings, must be located in different IP address ranges.
Example:
● Ring 1
– IP address range: 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255
– Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
● Ring 2
– IP address range: 192.168.2.0 - 192.168.2.255
– Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Additional information
● Appendix "Approved configurations (Page 142)"
● Manual
Process Control System PCS 7; Maintenance Station
3.6.5 External archive servers and reporting system
3.6.5.1 Process Historian and Information Server
The Process Historian is used in PCS 7 as an external server for long-term archiving of system
data.
The Information Server is used in PCS 7 as a reporting system for plant data that are archived
on the Process Historian.
Overview of Process Historian and Information Server
Process Historian Information Server
Function Central long-term archiving
system
Central system for creating and distributing reports
based on the data stored in the Process Historian
Saving data from various PCS 7 projects
● Messages and process values
Archiving
● OS reports
● BATCH reports
Archiving
Displaying data possible at any time possible at any time
● Visualize messages and process
values via filter functions
possible
● Showing BATCH reports
Report as PDF file
PC components of a PCS 7 system
3.6 Solutions for multiple station systems
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
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