PCS 7 OCS is installed directly on the PCS 7 OS server. Neither additional hardware nor any special configuration of the associated OS server is necessary.

Two PCS 7 OCS licenses are required for connecting redundant couplings, one for each OS server of a redundant pair of servers. Identical information is then available redundantly via the two PCS 7 OCS interfaces of this pair of servers.

Powerful PCS 7 OCS communication based on the TCP/IP protocol for data communication between an OS server and external application/system is also possible without problems in distributed networks in which the access is limited by means of a firewall.