How To Set The Redundancy Connection For Route Control Servers - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual

Advantages of fault-tolerant components
4.7 SIMATIC Route Control stations
4.7.5

How to set the redundancy connection for Route Control servers

Introduction
You will now select the connection path for the redundancy connection between two Route
Control servers.
You can make the following settings directly on each of the mutually redundant Route Control
servers.
Changing the connection path
Note
When the redundancy connection is established via a serial interface, you need to reboot the
PC station after changing the connection path.
Validity
The procedure described in this section applies to Route Control servers.
Requirements
● The Route Control server and Route Control partner server are connected by a redundancy
cable.
You can use the following as the redundancy cable:
– Null modem cable on the COM port
– Network cable on an additional network adapter
● Route Control server and Route Control partner server are installed as redundant Route
Control servers.
Procedure
1. Open the Windows Explorer on the Route Control server.
2. Select the folder My Computer > Simatic Shell in the tree view.
3. In the shortcut menu, select the menu command Set Redundancy ....
The "Redundancy Settings" dialog box opens.
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