Siemens SIMATIC IPC User manual

SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device - Operation V1.3
SIMATIC IP
C Industrial Edge
Device
- Operation V1.3
Operating Manual
09/2021
A5E51396302
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Preface
1
Industrial security
2
Connecting an IPC Edge
Device
3
LED Status
4
Preparing the USB stick
5
Information and Warnings
6

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Table of contents
1 Preface ................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Industrial security .................................................................................................................................. 7
3 Connecting an IPC Edge Device ............................................................................................................. 9
3.1 Connecting the Edge Device through an USB flash drive ..................................................... 10
4 LED Status ............................................................................................................................................ 11
5 Preparing the USB stick........................................................................................................................ 15
5.1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows .................................................................................. 15
5.2 Preparing the USB stick for Linux........................................................................................ 19
6 Information and Warnings .................................................................................................................. 21

Table of contents
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Preface
1
Purpose of this document
This documentation provides the basic information you need to manage and run the
Industrial Edge Device OS.
This documentation is aimed at operators who, for example, commission and operate
Edge Devices or install and run Edge Apps, as well as service and maintenance technicians
who perform error analysis.
Basic knowledge required
•Solid knowledge of personal computers is required.
•Solid knowledge of Linux-based operating systems is required.
•Solid knowledge of IP-based networks is required.
•Solid knowledge of Docker is required.
•General knowledge in the field of IT is required.
•General knowledge in the field of automation technology is recommended.
Scope of this document
This operating manual is valid for Industrial Edge.
Convention
The term "Edge Device" is used in this documentation to designate hardware with a
configured Industrial Edge Device OS.
Instead of the product designation "Industrial Edge Device", the short form "Edge Device" is
also used.
Figures
Picture components are marked with black position numbers on a white background: ①, ②,
③, etc.

Preface
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Industrial security
2
Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the
secure operation of plants, systems, machines and networks.
In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is
necessary to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial
security concept. Siemens’ products and solutions constitute one element of such a concept.
Customers are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their plants, systems,
machines and networks. Such systems, machines and components should only be connected
to an enterprise network or the internet if and to the extent such a connection is necessary
and only when appropriate security measures (e.g. firewalls and/or network segmentation)
are in place.
For additional information on industrial security measures that may be implemented, please
visit (http://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity).
Siemens’ products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more
secure. Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are
available and that the latest product versions are used. Use of product versions that are no
longer supported, and failure to apply the latest updates may increase customer’s exposure to
cyber threats.
To stay informed about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS
Feed at (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/start?).
In addition, observe the security statements, which are also valid for this documentation,
from the "Industrial Edge - Security overview
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109781002)" manual.

Industrial security
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Connecting an IPC Edge Device
3
You have the following options to connect the IPC Edge Device to the IEM:
•Connecting through an USB flash drive
•Connecting through the IPC Edge Device UI
Both options require the IPC Edge Device configuration file.
Requirements for adding an Edge Device
•The IPC Edge Device is switched on.
•The IPC Edge Device is connected to the local network.

Connecting an IPC Edge Device
3.1 Connecting the Edge Device through an USB flash drive
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3.1 Connecting the Edge Device through an USB flash drive
Requirement
•1 USB flash drive is available.
•The Edge Device configuration file has been created.
Procedure
1. Copy the Edge Device configuration file on an USB flash drive.
Ensure that just 1 configuration file is saved to the USB flash drive. Otherwise, the
connecting process causes problems and fails.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into the Edge Device.
The connecting process is being started automatically. The "Run" LED flashes green and
the "Maintenance" LED flashes yellow.
3. Wait until the connecting process is completed.
When the Edge Device is connected successfully to the IEM, the "Run" LED lights up green.
Note
Connection successful
When the Edge
Device is connected successfully to the IEM, the status indicator at the top
of the Edge
Device tile in the IEM switches to green and the IP address of the Edge Device
is displayed under the name of the Edge Device.
To open the UI of the Edge Device, either click on the tile of the Edge Device, if the remote
access is enabled, or enter the IP address of the Edge Device into your Internet browser.
Use the HTTPS protocol, for example "https://192.168.80.123".
Note
Log file "conf
-usb.log" and log file "services.log"
During the connecting process, the "conf
-
usb.log" and "services.log" files are created in the
USB flash drive. In case of any errors, open these log files in a text editor for detailed
information. In add
ition, you can check the steps of each service, if it was successful or
not, in the "services.log" file.
Supported USB File Systems and Partition System Combinations
The following File Systems and Partitions are supported in the system:
•File Systems
FAT32, NTFS and ext4 (Linux format)
•Partitions
MBR, GPT

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LED Status
4
The SIMATIC IPC227E (MLFB: 6ES7647-8BD31-0CW1) has 4 LEDs which represent the
following status:
①
Power
②
Run
③
Error
④
Maintenance
Figure 4-1 SIMATIC IPC227E

LED Status
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The SIMATIC IPC427E (MLFB: 6AG4141-5BC30-0FW8) has 4 LEDs which represent the
following status:
①
Power
②
Run
③
Error
④
Maintenance
Figure 4-2 SIMATIC IPC427E

LED Status
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List of all LED status
The following table lists all LED status changes of the Edge Device during several processes:
Process Description Power Run Error Maintena
nce
Not connected
to the
IEM
When the Edge Device is not connected to the IEM,
the "Run" LED flashes green.
Green
Green
flashing
Off
Off
Connecting to
the IEM
When the Edge Device is connecting to the IEM (after
the USB flash drive is inserted), the "Run" LED flashes
green and the "Maintenance" LED flashes orange.
Green
Green
flashing
Off
Orange
flashing
Connection to
the IEM
was successful
When the Edge Device is connected successfully to the
IEM, the "Run" LED lights up green.
Green
Green
Off
Off
Connection to
the IEM
failed
When the connection to the IEM has failed, the "Error"
LED flashes red.
Green
Off
Red
flashing
Off
IED-OS updates
When IED-OS updates are in progress, the
"Maintenance" LED flashes orange.
Green
Off
Off
Orange
flashing
During the hard
reset of
an Edge Device
When you initiate the hard reset, first the "Power" and
"Run" LEDs light up green. After that, the "Power" LED
lights up green and the "Run" LED flashes green. Then,
all LEDs light up for a short time. Afterwards, the
"Power" LED flashes orange. Then, the "Power" LED
lights up green for a while. At the end, only the
"Power" LED lights up green and the "Run" LED flashes
green.
Orange
flashing
Off
Off
Off
Hard reset was
successful
When the "Power" LED lights up green and the "Run"
LED flashes green, the hard reset was successful. The
Edge Device is not connected anymore to the IEM in
this case.
Green
Green
flashing
Off
Off
During the
system reset
of an Edge
Device
When you initiate the system reset, first the "Power"
and "Run" LEDs light up green and after that, the
"Error" and "Maintenance" LED light up red
additionally. Then, the "Power" LED flashes orange.
Afterwards, the "Power" LED lights up green and the
"Run" LED flashes green. At the end, only the "Power"
and "Run" LEDs light up green.
Orange
flashing
Off
Off
Off
System reset
was successful
When the "Power" and "Run" LEDs light up green, the
system reset was successful. The Edge Device is still
connected to the IEM in this case.
Green
Green
Off
Off
Shutting down
the Edge
Device
After you have shutdown the Edge Device, the "Power"
LED lights up orange.
Orange
Off
Off
Off

LED Status
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Preparing the USB stick
5
5.1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows
Requirement
USB flash drive’s size should be at least 4 GB.
Procedure
1. Plug USB stick to your Windows PC.
2. Open "Create and format hard disk partitions" via "Start > Control Panel > System and
Security > Administrative Tools".
3. Check, if USB stick has at least 1 GB unallocated space and proceed with Step 5.
If not, remove other partitions/data in USB stick.

Preparing the USB stick
5.1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows
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4. To delete a partition, right click on USB stick and click "Delete Volume…".
All files in USB stick will be deleted after this session.

Preparing the USB stick
5.1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows
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5. To create a new volume on your USB stick, right click on the unallocated USB space and
select "New Simple Volume…".
If USB stick has capacity more than 32 GB, set "Simple volume size in MB" less than
32768 MB (32 GB).

Preparing the USB stick
5.1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows
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6. Confirm your entries with "Next" until "Format Partition" page. Select "File system" as
"FAT32".
7. Enter "Volume Label" as "USBONBOARD".
8. Confirm your entries with "Next" and "Finish".
9. Copy onboard config file into USB partition named as "USBONBOARD".

Preparing the USB stick
5.2 Preparing the USB stick for Linux
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5.2 Preparing the USB stick for Linux
Requirement
USB flash drive’s size should be at least 4 GB.
Procedure
1. Plug USB stick to your Linux PC (real device or virtual-machine).
We recommend using one of the Debian Linux based distributions (i.e. Debian Linux,
Ubuntu).
2. Login as root or switch to root.
If USB stick is mounted automatically, unmount USB-stick.
3. To check availability of package "e2fsprogs", run command "apt list --installed | grep
e2fsprogs".
If there is no package installed, install the package "e2fsprogs".
4. To see partition of USB stick, run "lsblk" command and.
The partition(s) are named like "/dev/sdb".
5. To search unallocated space, run "fdisk <your_usb_stick>" command.
Example: fdisk /dev/sdb
6. You need unallocated space which is bigger than 1 GB.
If there is no unallocated space bigger than 1 GB, delete partition by run "fdisk
<your_usb_stick>" command.
Press "d" and "w" for writing and exiting.
7. To create a new partition, run "fdisk <your_usb_stick>" command.
Press "n" and confirm by pressing "ENTER" until end. Press "w" for writing and exiting.

Preparing the USB stick
5.2 Preparing the USB stick for Linux
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8. To create ext4 file system, run command "mkfs.ext4
<usb_stick_partition_created_in_step8>".
Example: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
9. To label partition, run command "e2label <usb_stick_partition_created_in_step8>
USBONBOARD".
Example: e2label /dev/sdb1 USBONBOARD
10.Unplug and replug the USB stick.
11.Copy onboard config file into USB partition named as "USBONBOARD".