Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 - Configuring the Monitoring of Industrial Pcs and Network Objects; Requirements

5.9 Configuring the monitoring of industrial PCs and network objects
5.9.1 Requirements
Introduction
Note
You can monitor the industrial PCs and network objects for the following maintenance station
versions:
● MS Basic
● MS Standard
The programs or services listed in the following table must be available and configured to
monitor industrial PCs and network objects.
Application/service MS single-station sys‐
tem
MS multiple station sys‐
tem
SIMATIC PDM MS
OPC Server MS single-station sys‐
tem
● MS server
● Redundant partner
of the MS server
Not supported
NDIS adapter
SNMP service On each industrial PC
to be monitored
Diagnostics Monitor
Programs and services
● OPC Server
– OPC (OLE for Process Control) is an interface for data exchange in automation
engineering.
– It is set up in HW Config.
You can find information about this in the following sections.
● NDIS adapter
– For monitoring of components on the plant bus, if access to the plant bus is provided
via a communication processor (CP 1623 / CP 1613).
– The NDIS adapter must be configured.
You can find more information about this in the manual
Process Control System PCS 7;
PCS 7 PC Configuration .
Configuring the maintenance stations
5.9 Configuring the monitoring of industrial PCs and network objects
Maintenance Station
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