Upgrades combined in packages enables upgrading of existing V7.1 operator systems to V8.0.
The upgrade of the SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software V7.1 to V8.0 is included on the following OS Software Upgrade Packages:
This permits archiving according to the number of existing process objects and archive variables.
The OS Runtime licenses are converted to cumulative "Count Relevant Licenses" during the upgrade. The number of existing OS Runtime POs is retained.
The table below shows which and how many products are upgraded with the various upgrade packages.
OS Single Stations | OS Server | OS Clients | |||
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Separate | Redundant | Separate | Redundant | ||
Upgrade Package | OS Single Station | OS Single Station Redundancy | OS Server | OS Server Redundancy | OS Client/ |
PCS 7 OS Software Single Station (all PO versions) | 1 | – | – | – | – |
PCS 7 OS Software Single Station with WinCC Redundancy (all PO variants) | – | 2 | – | – | – |
PCS 7 OS Software Server | – | – | 1 | – | – |
PCS 7 OS Software Server with WinCC Redundancy | – | – | – | 2 | – |
PCS 7 OS Software Client | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Central Archive Server (CAS) | – | – | 0 | 0 | – |
PCS 7 StoragePlus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
PCS 7 SFC Visualization | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
PCS 7 BCE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
SIMATIC NET S7-1613 for Industrial Ethernet | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
PCS 7 OpenPCS 7 Server/OS Client (multi-functional) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
PCS 7 OpenPCS 7 Server (stand-alone) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
StoragePlus Upgrade
The SIMATIC PCS 7 StoragePlus Upgrade from StoragePlus V7.1 to V8.0 is part of the following OS software upgrade packages:
Central Archive Server (CAS) Upgrade
A separate Central Archive Server Basic Upgrade Package enables the upgrade of the Central Archive Server (CAS) from V7.1 to V8.0. If the CAS has a redundant configuration, two Central Archive Server Basic Upgrade Packages are required for the upgrade.
Using the SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Web Server Upgrade Package, you can upgrade the SIMATIC PCS 7 Web server, SIMATIC PCS 7 Web diagnostics server and SIMATIC PCS 7 Web diagnostics clients from V7.1 to V8.0.