Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

Ensuring Availability
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3.1 Introduction
Overview
This section presents measures for ensuring availability of a PCS 7 system.
You can find information on fault-tolerant systems in the
Process Control System PCS 7; Fault-
Tolerant Process Control Systems manual.
The information in this section enables you to perform the following tasks:
● Maintain the reference condition of a plant.
Examples: Adherence to maintenance intervals, replacement of batteries
● Optimize the plant and prevent faults
Examples: perform firmware updates, eliminate known sources of errors
● Minimize downtime caused by faults
Examples: provide backups
Note to reader
This section is split up into several topical fields. The following information is provided for each
topic area:
What? What is described?
When? When can you perform this action?
How? You can find Information on the topic in the section entitled "...".
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Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SIMATIC PCS 7
Category	Control Systems
Language	English