SIMATIC PCS 7

Management Console
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Introduction

Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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Initial situation
Administration of software

Challenges for
Conclusion
Software Administration The software administration on a PCS 7 plant is extensive
• Many different PCS 7 software components in a system and time-consuming
• Many different target platforms, where this software needs to
be installed and maintained
• In certain intervals software updates are available
• By and by it becomes more difficult, to keep track with the latest Solution
status of the software Software administration with the SIMATIC PCS 7
• The administration (installation, adding updates) is done locally Management Console
at the appropriate component

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Initial situation
Inventory of a PCS 7 plant

Challenges for
Conclusion
System Inventory The inventory of a PCS 7 plant is extensive and time-
• Many different system components (hardware and software) consuming
• Many different PCS 7 components
(field, I/O peripherals, controller, server, clients)
• The plant “is alive”, new components have been added over
plant life cycle (e.g., I/O modules, clients) Solution
• The components have specific parameterization and adjust- Inventory of the PCS 7 plant with the SIMATIC PCS 7
ments (e.g., language, time zone) Management Console
• By and by it becomes more difficult, to keep track with the latest
status of the installed hardware and software

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Stakeholders

Plant manager
• Central PCS 7 plant view
SIMATIC PCS 7
• SW-Upgrades in run
Management Console
The central PCS 7 component for the different tasks
IT Administrator and responsibilities of the users
• Central PCS 7 update management
• Uniform system configurations

Service technician
• Fast analysis of installed components
for exchange actions or system diagnosis

Controller
• Invest planning based on inventory data
• Budget f. Enterprise Product License (EPL)

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Introduction

Main features
Central, standardized administration
of the SIMATIC PCS 7 Software

Inventory of all installed hard- and

software components in a PCS 7 plant

Benefits
• Reduction of SW administration costs due to more efficient
rollout workflow Captured
components
• Fast analysis of installed SW versions for optimized planning • PC stations

of updates • Ethernet switches

• Controller
• Remote IOs
• Fast analysis of installed hardware for efficient exchange and • Links
upgrade actions • Field devices
• Drives
• Fast and automated creation of latest “as built” documentation
• Inventory of actual consumed licenses for PCS 7 Enterprise
Product License (EPL)
• Basis for long-term plant Life-Cycle-Services

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Management Console PCS 7 Client Station 1 PCS 7 Client Station N

Management Management Management

agent agent agent
SSPI

Terminal bus
Engineering Station PCS 7 Server Station 1 PCS 7 Server Station N

Management Management Management

Central PCS 7 agent agent agent

software
Plant bus
administration AS 416F AS 416F

ET 200M ET 200M
Central PCS 7
PA/FF link PA/FF link
plant inventory
AFD AFDiS AFD AFDiS

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Introduction – The human machine interface

Network view/
plant view

Detail info
for selected
device

Message area,
e.g. status
messages

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Important view for the IT Identified PC-Stations can be as-

administrator signed within a network view of the
PCS 7 Management Console to
Automated identification of PC- establish a monitored connection
Stations within one or multiple
domains or work groups
Symbols at the PC-Station
visualizing the current status
Free definable group structure
according software administration
(up to 10 group levels possible)
and inventory

Easy to change structure via drag

& drop Runtime status of target PCs
available as detailed information
Plant related role of target PCs
available as detailed information

Fast overview of the current status of administrated

PC-Stations within a PCS 7 plant

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Symbols for Network folder Symbols

Type for status of
Multi-project PC-Stations
Group

PC-Station

Symbols Not assigned PC Not assigned Action running

for status of
Groups Action “running” Assigned Action “successful”

Action “successful” Inspection Action “failed”

Agent not up-to-
Action “failed” Not available
date

Clear and self-explaining visualization of status for the different

PC-Stations within a PCS 7 plant

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Introduction

Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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Software administration – Overview

SIMATIC PCS 7 Software Administration

Management Console • Software new installation
• PCS 7 Updates
• PCS 7 Service Packs

PCS 7 PH/IS PCS 7 Client (BATCH, PCS 7 Engineering

Route Control, …) … Station

Terminal bus

PCS 7 OC Server Batch, Route Control

Server

System bus

Reduction of administration effort due to general SW management

of all components of a PCS 7 plant from centralized location

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Scope of application – PCS 7 versions and software range

Main features software SIMATIC PCS 7

Management Console

administration
Supported PCS 7 versions
• PCS 7 V8.2 SP1, V9.0 and V9.1 (incl. SP and UC)
SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 SP1 SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 SP2
Supported software range
• All SIMATIC SW with PCS 7 setup framework
(ES, OS, MS, Server, Clients, single user system)
• SIMATIC-Software (e.g., WinCC updates)1
• MS Software updates

Benefits
Reduction of SW administration Identical configuration of target Support of software-upgrades
costs due to more efficient systems (e.g., groups of OS-
workflow Clients, OS Servers)
1 Only when “silent” installation is supported

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Software Administration

Setup management SIMATIC PCS 7

Management Console
• Providing PCS 7 installation files at a dedicated file server or combined at the PCS 7
Management Console
• Adding, removing and editing of PCS 7 setups in centralized setup management
at the PCS 7 Management Console
• Plant-/user-specific creation of preconfigured PCS 7 Setup packages
(e.g., OS client package)
• Rollout of preconfigured setup packages to groups of target PCs → uniform, identical
PC configuration

Installation modes
• New installation/update installation of PCS 7 PC-Stations
• Installation on target PCs without user interaction “silent mode”
• Parallel execution of installations on multiple target PCs

Significant reduction of administration effort due to centralized management

of software versions of all PC-Stations of a PCS 7 plant

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Software Administration

Status monitoring of target PCs SIMATIC PCS 7

Management Console
• Status monitoring of the whole PCS 7 installation
(e.g., continuing after reboot or network interruption)
• Check of PC-Stations regarding ready for installation, i.e. evaluation and visualiza-
tion of operation mode/role (e.g., OS runtime active/inactive, redundancy mode)
• Implicit, remote deactivation of a PC-Station (OS Client/Single station/Server) as
preparation for start of a PCS 7 update installation (check of runtime status or
redundancy status)
• Implicit, remote activation of a PC-Station (OS Client/Single station/Server) after
finalization of a PCS 7 update installation

No unintended disturbance of the runtime mode of the plant thanks to security

mechanisms

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Software Administration

Windows update deployment

• Preparation of Windows updates on WSUS Product Category

• Computer and group-wise installation by SMMC

• Dedicated installation report

WSUS
Start
View

CHEKC UPDATES
Updates

Benefits WUA SMA

Centralized control of MS Remote deployment in the same
Windows update installation manner as PCS 7 software
PCS 7 Station

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Introduction

Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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System inventory – Overview

Captured components 6
• PC-Stations • Field devices
• Ethernet Switches • Drives
• Controller • Inventory
• Remote I/O report created
• Links

General inventory of installed hard- and software

components of a PCS 7 plant from centralized location
• Fast analysis of installed components for exchange actions/upgrades
• Easy creation of the “as build” system documentation as detailed inventory report

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System inventory – Capturing data

System inventory 6
Central identification of inventory data by readout of device data from the
PCS 7 engineering system
Offline Modus
Identification of device inventory data from the PCS 7 engineering
database based on PCS 7 multi- or single project(s)
Online Modus
Identification of inventory data via direct connection to the device

Direct comparison of engineering data

and the actual plant configuration

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System inventory – Reports

Functions
• Provide inventory data as a file
• Excel format for display and evaluation X
• XML format for electronic processing

Benefits
• Processing of data in other applications
• Direct import in Global Service Platform makes plant inventory
available to service and support

XML

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System inventory – Maintenance portfolio

SIMATIC Management Console SIMATIC PCS myExpert Lifecycle Management Suite

on-site, Software administration and System Cloud based Dashboard for Health & Lifecycle Management of the entire DCS Lifecycle with an
inventory, including: Status for your DCS system components of one or customizable CMMS1 including:
multiple sites including:
• Inventory management Maintenance Management
• Software administration Health • Maintenance planning
• Version comparison for installed • Metrics from DCS critical Automation and • Work order generation
Software / Firmware* Operation components • Scheduling of resources
• Data provider for Lifecycle
Asset Management
SIMATIC PCS myExpert • Obsolescence (Hardware & Software)
• Asset Lifecycle Management
• Vulnerability based on CERT2
• Obsolescence Management
Service
• Service Checkpoint Mapping
• Track & Create Support Requests,
Field Service
• Fast access to Siemens knowledgebase
• Work order execution
• Mobile operations
• Documentation and reporting

1: CMMS = Computerized Maintenance Management System

2: CERT = Computer Emergency Response Team
*: PCS 7 V9.1

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SIMATIC PCS 7 Management Console
System inventory – myExpert

SIMATIC PCS myExpert

DCS Lifecycle ▪ Web-based dashboard for fleet management
of your DCS assets across multiple sites Siemens Data Sources
▪ Fleet Management
▪ Obsolescence ▪ Correlation with Siemens knowledgebase CERT DB
SW

▪ Vulnerability (Lifecycle & Health)

KB
Upd …
▪ Health Status
▪ DCS service at your fingertips Plant
Inventory
(Support & Maintenance Status) Data Contextualization
DCS Service1)
▪ Service Requests SID xyz

▪ Maintenance Activities
XML
XLS
Manual or automatic file transfer
▪ Field Services User

Customer Plant
DCS Health
▪ System registration based on Id:SID
▪ Detailed Health
Status (live) ▪ System build-in data provider (SMMC)
▪ AS and OS related alarms
▪ Health agents for live system information
On-site
▪ Easy access to Service
Multiple Sites …
Siemens Data Sources: Product Lifecycle Information, Knowledge Base, CERT, …
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System inventory – Data evaluation

Functions
• User define queries and filters
• Further processing of results in excel

Benefits
• Quick answer to typical questions
• Check discrepancies and compatibilities
• Additional information for the Siemens support

Which CPU’s have not

been upgraded yet?

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Inventory completed with manually entered components

Functions
• Import of manually entered components
• Capture non-SIMATIC components and SIMATIC components
not configured in ES project
• User defined list in standard csv format

Benefits
• Single view of complete plant inventory in SMMC
• Improved serviceability using SMMC as single data source
for all parts installed in a plant

Inventory

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System inventory – MLFB – Link

Functions
• Link from inventory report to the online-catalog

Benefits
• Complete and up-to-date online information
• Added value for service and commissioning

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System inventory – Hardware compare

Functions
• Compare installed hardware with the latest PCS 7 version
• Release reference on SIOS PCS 7 website as download is PCS 7
continuously updated Hardware Reference

Benefits XML
• Determine the need for hardware upgrades with minimal effort SMMC

ES OS

AS

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System inventory – Software compare

Functions PCS 7
Reference
• Compare installed software with the latest PCS 7 version
release
• Release reference on SIOS PCS 7 website as download is
continuously updated XML

Benefits
• Determine at any time for which software new updates are
available
• Facilitates the update to a new version

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System inventory – Installation and license report

Functions
• Overview of the current installation procedures
• Monitoring the progress of installation
• Extensive reports of licenses
• Type
• Computer
• Period of time
• License count

Benefits
• Easy tracking and checking of
simultaneous installations
• Simple determination of used licenses incl.
license count, first use and latest release

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Systeminventarisierung – Workflow

PCS 7 Engineering Station PCS 7 Management Console

(HW Config) (Plant View)

Offline Mode
Retrieval of inventory data for devices
from PCS 7 engineering database based
on PCS 7 Multi- or single projects

Online Mode
Retrieval of inventory data for devices
from PCS 7 Engineering station using
direct connection to the devices

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System inventory – PC-Stations

Inventory of PC-Stations
Range of components Operating system configuration
• OS-/SB-/RC-/MS-Clients Time zone, language, firewall,
• Web Clients/Server activation status (USB, CD/DVD)
• ES/PDM Installed hardware
• OS-/SB-/RC-/MS-Server Processor, memory, graphic,
Device information harddisk, network, monitor, chip
card
AKZ, OKZ, serial no, MLFB
Installed software
Windows version and patches,
PCS 7 and SIMATIC products and
licenses, Virus scanner

AKZ: Tag number

OKZ: Location number
MLFB: Order number

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Example of a system inventory – PC-Stations

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System inventory – Network

Network inventory1
Component range
Switches
Device information
IP-Address
Installed software
Firmware version

1 Only configured Scalance devices

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System inventory – Controller

Inventory controller
Component range Additional for controller
• AS-410, S7-400/S7-400FH Memory size
• AS RTX, mEC RTX Additional for controller
Controller rack configuration and CP’s
Power supply, CPU, CP’s, I/O Network configuration,
Module IP-/MAC-/Field bus addresses

Device information (per slot)

AKZ, OKZ, device type, serial no.,
MLFB, hard- and firmware version

AKZ: Tag number

OKZ: Location number
MLFB: Order number

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Example of a system inventory – Controller

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System inventory – Remote I/O and links

Inventory of remote I/O, links

Component range Device information (per slot)
• ET 200M, -S, -iSP AKZ, OKZ, device type, serial no.,
• DP/PA/DP-FF Link MLFB, HW- and firmware version

Remote I/O rack configuration In addition for IM’s

Power supply, IM, I/O Module, Network configuration,
IM Coupler field bus addresses

AKZ: Tag number

OKZ: Location number
MLFB: Order number

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Example of a system inventory – Remote I/O and links

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System inventory – Field devices and drives

Inventory of field devices/drives

Component range
• Field devices
• Drives
Device information
AKZ, OKZ, device type, serial no.,
MLFB, HW- and firmware version
Network configuration
Field bus addresses

AKZ: Tag number

OKZ: Location number
MLFB: Order number

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Example of a system inventory – Field devices and drives

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Scope of application – PCS 7 versions and software range

Main features
system inventory
Supported PCS 7 versions
• PCS 7 V8.0 SP2, V8.1, V8.2 and V9.0
• PCS 7 V7.1 via PCS 7 Engineering System
Overview of software and licenses
• Reporting of installed software licenses
• Reporting of actual consumed software licenses, incl. license count, first
use and last release

Benefits
System-supported and automated confirmation Support for upgrades
of actual used software

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Introduction

Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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IT security aspects

Security aspects SIMATIC PCS 7 Management

Management Console Agent
• Pre-Shared Key for connection setup • Administrator
• Local authentication: Windows user needs to be member of the group • Users

SIMATIC Management Users

• Administrator (full access R/W)
• User (read access R/-)
• Remote authentication at target PC by impersonation
of the Windows user
• Domain: Authentication with Kerberos protocol without downgrade SSPI

• Secure communication through coding/encryption via SSPI

(Security Support Provider Interface) SIMATIC PCS 7 Management
System Agent
• Administrator
• Users

Further information about Industrial Security

on the Internet under:
[Link]/industrialsecurity

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IT security aspects

Software integrity check

• SMMC verifies the integrity of the software to be installed

• PCS 7 software includes the necessary data for checking

ES OS

SMMC

Benefits
Improved security: Prevent the installation of corrupted software

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IT security aspects

Defender event notification

• SMMC collects MS Defender events from all computers

• Events “critical” and “error” also in SMMC Alarm List
„critical
• Configurable E-mail notification for events in SMMC Alarm List error“
• Configurable list of e-mail recipients
• Encryption using SSL/TLS protocols
SMMC

Benefits
ES OS
Improved security: Secure e-mail communication of
centralized monitoring of Antivirus status critical antivirus events

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IT security aspects

Automated SMMC tasks without a logged-in user

• E-mail notification of critical events

• Configurable time for sending notification e-mails
• Inventory report (network) at user defined times

SMMC

Benefits
Increased security: No continuous user login required
Prevent E-mail floods for notification
Automatically created network inventory reports

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Introduction

Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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Product structure

Product structure SIMATIC PCS 7 Order number L-price

Management Console (MLFB)
SIMATIC PCS 7 Management Console 6ES7658-5BX78-2YB5 3,221 €
For usage on master station
SIMATIC PCS 7 Management Agent 6ES7658-5BA00-2YB5 760 €
10 stations1
SIMATIC PCS 7 Management Agent 6ES7658-5BB00-2YB5 3,037 €
50 stations1
SIMATIC PCS 7 Management Agent 6ES7658-5BC00-2YB5 5,316 €
100 stations1

1 As a “Station” each PC-Station above the system bus will be counted e.g., Clients, Server

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Agenda Software administration

System inventory
IT security aspects
Product structure
Typical use cases

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Management Console running on engineering system

Installation and operation of PCS 7 Management Console on the PCS 7

Engineering System

Economic and effective solution for smaller and medium size PCS 7 plants

According to the different tasks and responsibilities in “personal union”

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Management Console as independent system component

Installation and operation of PCS 7 Management Console on a separate

workstation

Typical solution for medium size and large PCS 7 plants

According to the different tasks and responsibilities

of the various users in a plant

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Management Console for multiple PCS 7 plants

SIMATIC PCS 7 • One central PCS 7 Management Console for multiple PCS 7 plants
Management Console • Typical solution for very large PCS 7 plants or connected facilities
• Administration and attendance of multiple PCS 7 plants from central
location/organization
• SMMC downward compatibility with PCS 7 and SMA versions
V9.1

PCS 7 Plant 1 PCS 7 Plant 2 PCS 7 Plant n

V9.1 V9.0 V9.1

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