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WinCC V7 System requirements

The system requirements differ depending on the type of the WinCC installation and the used operating system. If you want to be sure that your sytem runs without performance loss follow the column "recommended".

WinCC Single-user system
WinCC Server
WinCC Client
WebClient (Web Navigator and DataMonitor)
Central Archive Server (CAS)

 


 

WinCC Single-user system

Operating system:
Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate)
Generally it is possible to run a single-user system under Windows Server 2003 SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 SP 2 as well. See the system requirements below at WinCC Server.

 Hardware requirements:

Category minimum recommended
under XP underVista under XP underVista
Processor* Pentium III
1 GHz
Pentium 4
2.5 GHz
Pentium 4
3 GHz
Pentium 4
 3.4 GHz
RAM (main memory) 1 GB 2 GB >1 GB 2 GB
Graphics card 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB >128 MB
Hard disk 20 GB 20 GB 80 GB 80 GB
free disk space
for installation
1.5 GB >1.5 GB >10 GB >10 GB
free disk space
on system partition
100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
DVD/R drive yes yes yes yes

* All specifications refer to INTEL processors, compatible AMD-systems of comparable performance can also be used.
 


 

WinCC Server

Operating system:
Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2

Hardware requirements:

Category minimum recommended
Processor* Pentium III
1 GHz
Pentium 4
2,5 GHz
RAM (main memory) 1 GB >1 GB
Graphics card 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk 20 GB 80 GB
free disk space 
for installationn
1,5 GB >10 GB
free disk space
on system partition
100 MB 100 MB
DVD/R drive yes yes

* All specifications refer to INTEL processors, compatible AMD-systems of comparable performance can also be used.
 

 
 
 

WinCC Client

Operating system:
Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate)

Hardware requirements:

Category minimum recommended
under XP under Vista under XP under Vista
Processor* Pentium III
800 MHz
Pentium 4
2,5 GHz
Pentium 4
2 GHz
Pentium 4
3 GHz
RAM (main memory) 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Graphics card 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB >128 MB
Hard disk 5 GB 5 GB 20 GB 20 GB
free disk space 
for installationn
1.5 GB >1.5 GB >1.5 GB >1.5 GB
free disk space
on system partition
100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
DVD/R drive yes yes yes yes

 

* All specifications refer to INTEL processors, compatible AMD-systems of comparable performance can also be used.
 

 
 
 

WebClient (Web Navigator or DataMonitor)

Operating system:
Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate)

Hardware requirements:

Category minimum recommended
under XP under Vista under XP underVista
Processor* Pentium III
600 MHz
Pentium 4
2 GHz
Pentium III
1 GHz
Pentium 4
3 GHz
RAM (main memory) 256 MB 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Graphics card 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB >128 MB
Hard disk 5 GB 5 GB 10 GB 10 GB
free disk space 
for installationn
1.5 GB >1.5 GB >1.5 GB >1.5 GB
free disk space
on system partition
100 MB 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB
DVD/R drive yes yes yes yes

* All specifications refer to INTEL processors, compatible AMD-systems of comparable performance can also be used.
 

 
 
 

Central Archive Server (CAS)

Operating system:
Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2

Hardware requirements:

Category minimum recommended
Processor* Pentium 4
2.5 GHz
Pentium 4
3 GHz
RAM (main memory) 2 GB > 2 GB
Graphics card 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk 40 GB 2x 80 GB
free disk space 
for installationn
>1.5 GB >10 GB
free disk space
on system partition
100 MB 100 MB
DVD/R drive yes yes

* All specifications refer to INTEL processors, compatible AMD-systems of comparable performance can also be used.