Operating system

• Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 Enterprise/Professional (64-bit)
• Windows 7 Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional with SP1 (64-bit)
• Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) (only approved for IPC 227E / 277E)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit)
• OpenSUSE 31.2 (64-bit)
• CentOS 7.1 (64-bit)
• VMWare ESXi Version 6

PC hardware requirements ¹⁾

Processor type

Intel Pentium or equivalent

Minimum

Intel Pentium IV 1.6 GHz (or better)²⁾³⁾

Recommended

• Client: Intel Pentium IV/Core2/i3, 2 GHz²⁾³⁾
• Server: Intel Core i3 CPU Dual, 3 GHz²⁾
• Server large system⁴⁾: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5/i7 CPU Dual / Quad, 3 GHz²⁾³⁾

RAM

Minimum

2 GB ²⁾

Recommended

• Client: 2 GB ²⁾³⁾
• Server: 8 GB ²⁾³⁾
• Server large system: 16 GB ²⁾

Hard disk
(available memory for installation)

Minimum

HD with 800 MB available ²⁾

Recommended

Server large system with local logging: SCSI LVD Controller, WIDE SCSI / LVD HDD or comparable storage system with at least 500 MB of available space ²⁾

Screen and graphics card (TrueColor)

Minimum

1024 x 768 ²⁾

Recommended

1280 x 1024 ²⁾

Mouse and keyboard

Mouse, keyboard

DVD drive

for software installation

Local power user rights

• for installation
• for operation

Functionality/quantity structure

Number of messages

150,000 ²⁾

Message text (number of characters)

System-limited ¹⁾

Message archive

System-limited ¹⁾

Process values per message

1 process value + up to 32 alarm associated values per message

Constant load of messages, max.

500/s ²⁾

Message burst, max.

15,000/10 s every 5 min ²⁾

Archives

Archive data points

Max. 250,000 per server ²⁾

Archive types

< 20 parallel logs, different retention period for each log

Data storage format

Oracle or file system

Measured values per second, max.

Server/single-user station: 7,000/s ^{2) 3)}

User archive

Archives

System-limited ¹⁾

Type

SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture

Table size

System-limited by ORACLE database

Graphics system

Number of screens

System-limited ¹⁾

Number of objects per screen

System-limited ¹⁾

Number of controllable fields per screen

System-limited ¹⁾

PowerTags

< 750,000 per server ²⁾

User administration

User accounts

< 4096

Configuration languages

2 (De, En)

Runtime languages

40 (of which 8 Asian)

Multi-user system

Server

< 2048 ^{2) 4)}

Number of clients

< 244 per server ^{2) 5)}