Name Of The Pc Station - Siemens PCS 7 Installation Manual

Example
Example of the hard disk in a PC station:
Drive
letter
C:
D:
Backup files
The backup files on the "..." drive are used here as an example. If the backup files are not stored directly
on the final backup medium, they can be placed temporarily on drive "C:" or "D:".
...
...
Additional information
You can find information about the minimum configuration of the basic hardware in the
Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 - Readme file (see "Preface (Page 9)").
5.3.3

Name of the PC station

The selection of the computer name is crucial to the project configuration. You specify the
computer name during installation of the operating system on the computer.
Specifying the name of the PC station
Note
Please note when configuring an OS or BATCH server and an engineering station that the
following names must be identical:
● Computer name
● Name of the PC station
Select short and descriptive computer names that provide some information about the role of
the PC station in the overall system.
Specifications:
● The computer name starts with a letter.
● The computer name must only contain letters and numbers.
● The computer name can contain up to 15 characters (limited by the operating system).
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
Installation Manual, 03/2016, A5E36200050-AB
Size in GB Drive name
100 SYSTEM
x DATA
(remaining
hard disk
space)
100 BACKUP
... Second hard drive or
external backup
5.3 Installing the operating system
Formatting Intended use
NTFS Operating system installation
and PCS 7 installation
NTFS PCS 7 project data
NTFS Backup files of another PC
station
Backup files of the PC station
Installing PC stations
Process
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