How To Configure A Redundant Connection Between An Os And As - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual

4. Click the "Browse" button next to the "Path to destination OS computer" box and enter the
5. Select the OS that you want to use as the standby OS from the "Standby OS" list.
6. Click "OK".
7. In the component view, select the OS that you want to use as the standby OS.
8. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
9. Select the "Destination OS and Master OS" tab.
10.Click the "Browse" button next to the "Path to destination OS computer" box and enter the
11.Click "OK".
Additional information
● Online help for
4.5.6

How to configure a redundant connection between an OS and AS

Introduction
To complete the configuration of the OS server and its redundant OS partner server, you need
to create the fault-tolerant network connections to the AS in NetPro.
Requirements
● The PCS 7 project is open in SIMATIC Manager.
● The AS is connected to the plant bus in NetPro.
● The plant bus has been configured.
● Two SIMATIC PC stations with network adapters have been configured in HW Config as
Fault-tolerant Process Control Systems (V8.0)
Function Manual, 03/2012, A5E02779471-02
path to the MCP file of the destination OS.
The destination OS computer is the computer where the project is to run.
The mcp file is generated automatically when you create the OS.
NOTICE
Enter the network path for the destination OS using UNC (Universal Naming Convention)
notation: \\Server name\Share name\Directory name
All of the standby operator stations that you have created in SIMATIC Manager are
displayed in this drop-down box.
You have completed all settings for the master OS.
The "Properties - [name of the OS]" dialog box opens.
path to the MCP file of the destination OS.
The destination OS computer is the computer where the project is to run.
The mcp file is generated automatically when you create the OS.
You have completed all settings for the standby OS.
STEP 7
an OS server and OS partner server.
Advantages of fault-tolerant components
4.5 Operator stations
135