Operating the device
5.5 Monitoring of the device
Monitoring
Description
Voltage monitoring
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Drive monitoring
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Software for device monitoring
You can find information on the monitoring software and its documentation under:
● SIMATIC IPC DiagBase (Page 81) for monitoring and alarming locally on the device
● SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor (Page 81) for monitoring and alarming via network
SIMATIC DiagBase or SIMATIC DiagMonitor also control the status displays of the IPC, see:
System status displays (Page 24).
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Monitoring the charge status of the backup battery
(CMOS)
When the first warning threshold is reached, the
backup battery will run for at least one more month.
The redundant power supply monitors whether both
current inputs are active and the power supply fans
are in operation.
Determination of the status of the drives (HDD and
SSD) with SMART functionality, also in RAID sys-
tems (RAID status)
The status of an inactive hot swap drive is not dis-
played.
Status displays and actions
An alarm is generated in the event
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of a critical or faulty state.
Acoustic alarm for redundant power
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supply
Status display "HDDx ALARM
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(Page 24)"
SMART status of the hard disks
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For example, the following states
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are displayed in a RAID group:
"Normal", "OK", "Degraded", error
"Rebuild", rebuilding
Operating Instructions, 11/2018, A5E45589180-AA
SIMATIC IPC647E