Siemens SIMATIC IPC RW-545A Operating Instructions Manual page 85

Monitored device functions IPC
Monitoring Description
Temperature
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monitoring
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Fan monitoring
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The operation of the fan is monitored at the following
positions:
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Drive monitoring
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NOTICE
Fan monitoring restricted
The power supply units do not report a fan error.
If the fan of the power supply unit fails or is defective, no fan alarm is output.
The device switches off automatically to protect against overheating.
Workstation SIMATIC IPC RW-545A
Operating Instructions, 08/2023, A5E52943278-AA
Monitoring of high and low temperature limits and
cable break of the temperature sensors
For this, temperature sensors record the temperature
at critical points of the device, e.g. at the processor.
The temperature thresholds are defined for the
individual temperature sensors.
Monitoring of underspeed and failure of a fan as well
as cable break of the tachometer cable
Front panel
Processor
Drive cage type A
Determination of the status of the drives (HDD and
SSD) with SMART functionality (SMART: Self-
Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) also
in RAID systems (RAID state)
The status of an inactive hot swap drive is not
displayed.
Operating the device
6.5 Monitoring of the device
Status display and actions
• Status display "TEMP (Page 27)"
• Speed control of the device fans,
the fan of the power supply unit
and the fan of the graphics card
• Temperature alarm is output.
• Status display "FAN (Page 27)"
• Fan alarm is output.
• Status display "HDDx ALARM
(Page 27)"
• SMART status of the hard drives
• The following statuses, for example,
are displayed in a RAID system:
"Normal", "OK", "Degraded", error
"Rebuild", rebuilding
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