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General IA System Products

Specifications Virtualization Platform

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n OVERVIEW
Yokogawa’s virtualization system, which is optimized for process control, satisfies the quality and performance
requirements of process control, and achieves operations similar to existing systems using physical computers.
It is possible to run multiple virtualized computers (virtual machines) on a single virtualization host computer, thereby
reducing the managed hardware, which in turn helps reduce the management costs for customers who have spent
a lot of time and money for the management.
In addition, the function for quick and easy recovery during a failure also contributes to improving the availability of
customer’s plant operation.

n SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
IA system product software that used to run on separate computers can now run on virtual machines that are located
on a single virtualization host computer. In addition, the Vnet/IP interface card (VI702) function is now supported
through software, therefore making it possible to connect virtual machines to Vnet/IP by using the standard NIC ports
without using VI702.
As multiple virtual machines run on one virtualization host computer, it is necessary to reduce the risk of failure of the
virtualization host computer. Yokogawa offers multiple system configurations to reduce this risk. It is also possible to
mix systems that use conventional physical computers with virtualized systems.
Three typical examples of virtualization system configurations are shown.
• Configuration for plant operation and monitoring
• Configuration for use in operation support system
• Configuration for plant operation and monitoring, with a dramatic improvement in availability

Configuration for plant operation and monitoring

Figure 1 shows a virtualization system configuration that uses multiple virtualization host computers.
This configuration reduces the impact of hardware failure on plant operation by distributing IA system product software
on two or more virtualization host computers.
In addition, it improves the availability of plant operation by using the live migration function, which moves virtual
machines to other virtual host computers online. This function enables you to carry out maintenance without
interrupting plant operation and monitoring.

Operator Room

Physical HIS
Thin Monitor Monitor Monitor
Client

Monitor Monitor Monitor SNTP Server

Remote UI network

Plant information network

Router
Server Room Management network

Virtualization host computer NMS Domain VM VM VM

Controller
CI Core HIS Exaopc
Virtualization host computer Host
Vnet/IP Vnet/IP Vnet/IP
OS Interface Package Interface Package Interface Package

Vnet/IP Guest OS Guest OS Guest OS

Virtualization software
Controller/ FCS
Field Equipment Virtualization host computer

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Figure1 Example of configuration with multiple virtualization host computers

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Configuration for use in operation support system
Figure 2 shows the simplest virtualization system configuration.
As it is possible to run multiple virtual machines on a single virtualization host computer, it contributes to reducing the
footprint and the management cost of the customer’s computers.
The configuration shown in Figure 2 does not implement redundancy for the virtualization host computer, therefore
it is recommended to use this configuration in a system, such as an operation support system or training simulation
system, where the failure of the virtualization host computer does not directly affect the customer’s production activity.

Operator Room

Physical HIS
Thin Monitor Monitor Monitor
Client

Monitor Monitor Monitor SNTP Server

Plant information network

Router
Server Room Management network

Virtualization host computer

NMS

Vnet/IP

Controller/ FCS
Field Equipment

F02E.ai

Figure2 Single configuration example

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Configuration for plant operation and monitoring, with a dramatic improvement in availability
Figure 3 shows a system configuration that enables the highest level of the availability of plant operation among
the virtualization systems provided by Yokogawa. It consists of the usual virtualization host computer, a standby
virtualization host computer, and a shared storage that stores information shared by these virtualization host
computers.
If the active virtualization host computer fails, the failover is available to automatically starts the required software on
the standby virtualization host computer. In addition the live migration is also available to support the maintenance of
the virtualization host computer, thereby improving the availability of plant operation to the maximum.

Operator Room

Thin Physical HIS

Monitor Monitor Monitor Monitor
Client

Monitor Monitor Monitor Monitor SNTP Server

Remote UI network

Plant information network

Router
Server Room Management network

Virtualization host computer (standby)

Virtualization host computer

(active) NMS Domain
Controller
Virtualization host computer
(active)

Storage network

HA-cluster network

Shard Storage
Vnet/IP

Controller/ FCS
Field Equipment

F03E.ai

Figure3 High availability (HA) cluster configuration example

 Virtualization host computer

It is a high-performance computer that runs multiple virtual machines. IA system product software such as
Collaborative Information Server (CI Server) CI Core/CI Portal/CI View, CENTUM VP HIS/ENG, ProSafe-RS SENG,
Plant Resource Manager (PRM), and Exaopc can run on a virtual machine. Yokogawa provides a specific model of
virtualization host computer that has the optimum specifications based on customer’s system size and the required
availability.

 Virtualization software
Hyper-V on Windows Server is used as the virtualization software. The Hyper-V functions such as the management
software (Hyper-V Manager), the resource control, and the backup function are used in the single configuration in
Figure 2.
In the configuration with multiple virtualization host computers in Figure 1, the live migration function is used in
addition to the functions of Figure 2.
In the HA cluster configuration in Figure 3, the live migration function and the failover function are used in addition to
the functions of Figure 2.
Furthermore, in configurations with multiple virtual computers, it is possible to add a replication that creates a copy of
a virtual machine on another virtualization host computer on a regular basis. To add the replication function, install a
virtualization host computer on which you want to create the copy, and connect it to the management network and the
network which the virtual machines use such as Vnet/IP and remote UI network.

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 Plant information network
The plant information network is a network used for file transfer and information communication among HIS and ENG
in the virtual machine, general Ethernet devices, and HIS in the physical environment, and is also an information
network for connecting upper software package systems (solution products, etc.).
When connecting a UACS station to UACS clients, it is necessary to have a plant information network and a dedicated
UACS Ethernet network.

 Host OS and Management Network

The management network is a network dedicated to the host OS that interconnects host OSs on multiple virtualization
host computers. On this network, the host OS on one virtualization host computer can be connected remotely to the
host OS on another virtualization host computer. It also enables the users to monitor the settings and status of the
virtualization software.

 Thin Client and Remote UI Network

The Yokogawa specified models are used for thin clients as the HMI function of the virtual machine. Virtual machines
and thin clients are connected by Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). This remote UI network can be dual-redundant
configuration.

 Shared Storage and Storage Network

The shared storage is an external storage for storing images of the virtual machine, and it connects to the
virtualization host computers through the storage network. It is required in the HA cluster configuration of Figure 3.
Yokogawa provides a specified model to be used in a virtualization platform.

 HA Cluster Configuration and HA Cluster Network

The HA cluster configuration is a configuration that enables system redundancy by interconnecting multiple virtual
servers through a network (the HA cluster network) to increase availability.

 Network Management System (NMS)

NMS can detect and notify the users about errors such as hardware failure of the virtualization host computer, shared
storage, or network connectivity.

 Domain controller
In order to use the live migration function, the failover function, and the replication function, the virtualization host
computers must be in a domain environment. Therefore, the domain controller shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3 is
required. It connects to the virtualization host computers through the management network. When using the failover
function in an HA cluster configuration, redundant use of two domain controllers safeguards the configuration against
hardware failures.

n FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
 Vnet/IP Interface Package
Required software, that is used when Yokogawa IA system products running on the guest OS of the virtual machine
communicates Vnet/IP without using the Vnet/IP interface card (VI702), is provided.

 Virtualization Building Support

Documents and tools that support for building the virtualization system are provided.

 Security Measure
IT security tool can be hardened by using windows security functions. This tool is standardly provided with CENTUM VP,
ProSafe-RS, etc., and it is now expanded for virtualization system to include the following components.
- Domain controller (for virtualization platform)
- Host OS
- Thin client

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n TARGET PRODUCTS
The following table shows the Yokogawa IA system products that correspond to the release number of the
virtualization platform and the OS version of its guest OS.

Product, OS version Release number

R1.01.00 R1.02.00
Virtualization platform Description
R1.01.10 R1.02.10
Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server
Guest OS version
2016 2016 2019 (*1)
CI Server ― ― R1.02.00 or later
UACS is also supported in R6.10.00 or later, but
CENTUM VP R6.06.00 or later R6.06.00 or later R6.09.00 or later configure UACS stations in pairs.
Excepts APCS, GSGW, UGS, and UGS2
Use the VTS Portal client on the Windows OS
VTSPortal ― ― R2.07.00 or later
thin client.
ProSafe-RS R4.04.00 or later R4.04.00 or later R4.07.00 or later Excepts Vnet/IP-Upstream
ProSafe-RS Lite R4.06.00 or later R4.06.00 or later R4.07.00 or later Excepts Vnet/IP-Upstream
Excepts RS-232C, NI-FBUS, and COM Port
PRM R4.02.00 or later R4.02.00 or later R4.05.00 or later
Connection
Exaopc R3.77.00 or later R3.77.00 or later R3.80.00 or later Except redundancy
Exapilot R3.98.00 or later R3.98.00 or later R4.01.00 or later
AAASuite R1.21.00 or later R1.21.00 or later R1.23.00 or later
Exaquantum R3.15.00 or later R3.15.00 or later R3.30.00 or later
Platform for Advanced
R5.02.20 or later R5.02.20 or later ―
Control and Estimation
As for supported product, refer to "Table
Virtualization platform support Information for
Exaquantum Application ― ― R3.40 or later using Exaquantum Application" in "Exaquantum
Application Common Information GS
(GS 36J40W10-01EN)".
*1: When running CENTUM VP R6.09.00, ProSafe-RS R4.07.00, ProSafe-RS Lite R4.07.00, PRM R4.05.00, or Exaopc
R3.80.00 using Windows Server 2019 as the guest OS on the virtualization platform R1.02.00/R1.02.10, contact
Yokogawa.

n OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
 Hardware Requirements
When adding or updating hardware, please purchase “Software Media for Virtualization Platform (SS2CVKM-V11) or
“Virtualization Platform Setup (IM 30A05B20-01EN)”, and set up with the latest information.

Computers used for the virtualization platform are restricted to Yokogawa specified models.
In a virtual environment, the Vnet/IP interface card (VI702) is not required.
Computer for multiple virtualization host computers configuration (2 CPU type) (computers in Figure 1)

Item Specification Description

Body Dell PowerEdge R740 based Yokogawa specified model
2nd CPU is the same spec.
CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6148 2.4 GHz 20 cores
Total 40 cores
Memory 128 GB
600 GB x 2 For Host OS
Hot-plug RAID1: effective capacity 558 GB
Hard disk
1.2 TB x 10 For virtual machine
Hot-plug RAID10: effective capacity 5.4 TB
RAID PERC H740P internal RAID RAID1/10
On-board Ethernet 10 GbE SFP+ 4 ports
Up to 5 cards by configuration.
Ethernet card 1 Gb 8 ports
Installed into PCIe slot.
Optical drive DVD+/-RW
Power supply unit Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy 1100 W

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Computer for single configuration (1 CPU type) (computer in Figure 2)

Item Specification Description

Body Dell PowerEdge R740 based Yokogawa specified model
CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6148 2.4 GHz 20 cores Total 20 cores
Memory 64 GB
600 GB x 2 For Host OS
Hot-plug RAID1: effective capacity 558 GB
Hard disk
1.2 TB x 6 For virtual machine
Hot-plug RAID10: effective capacity 3.2 TB
RAID PERC H740P internal RAID RAID1/10
On-board Ethernet 10 GbE SFP+ 4 ports
Ethernet card 1 Gb 8 ports Installed into PCIe slot.
Optical drive DVD+/-RW
Power supply unit Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy 1100 W

Computer for HA cluster configuration (Rack type) (computers in Figure 3)

Item Specification Description

Body Dell PowerEdge R740 based Yokogawa specified model
2nd CPU is the same spec.
CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6148 2.4 GHz 20 cores
Total 40 cores
Memory 128 GB
600 GB x 2 For Host OS
Hard disk
Hot-plug RAID1: effective capacity 558 GB
RAID PERC H740P internal RAID RAID1
On-board Ethernet 10 GbE SFP+ 4 ports
Up to 4 cards by configuration.
1 Gb 8 ports
Installed into PCIe slot.
Ethernet card
1 card.
10 GbE SFP+ 4 ports
Installed into PCIe slot.
Optical drive DVD+/-RW
Power supply unit Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy 1100 W

Shared storage for HA cluster (storage used in Figure 3)

The shared storage that is used for the virtualization platform is restricted to Yokogawa specified model.

Item Specification Description

Body Dell EMC PowerVault ME5024 Yokogawa specified model
Firmware ME5 series storage controller firmware
Intel Xeon processor
Storage controller Dual controller
16 GB system memory per controller
4 ports (Uses 2 ports per controller)
Front-end port 25 Gbps iSCSI port (SFP28)
Link speed is used at 10 Gbps.
Management port 1 Gbps RJ45 2 ports (Uses 1 port per controller)
1.92 TB SSD x 8 (includes HotSpare x 2) For virtual machine RAID5:
12 Gbps 2.5 inch Hot-plug effective capacity 4.8 TiB (*1)
1.92 TB SSD x 10 (includes HotSpare x 2) For virtual machine RAID5:
Disk
12 Gbps 2.5 inch Hot-plug effective capacity 10.2 TiB (*1)
1.92 TB SSD x 14 (includes HotSpare x 2) For virtual machine RAID5:
12 Gbps 2.5 inch Hot-plug effective capacity 15.1 TiB (*1)
Rack size 2U
Power supply unit Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy 580 W 100 - 240 V AC compatible
*1: 1 TiB represents 2 ^ 40 bytes.

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L2 switch for storage network (switch used in Figure 3)
The L2 switch for storage network that is used for the virtualization platform is restricted to Yokogawa specified model.

Item Specification Description

Body Dell S4148T-ON based Yokogawa specified model
48 fixed 10 GBase-T ports supporting 100 M /1 G /10 G speeds
2 fixed 40 GbE QSFP+ ports
The number of ports
4 fixed 100 GbE QSFP28 ports
1 RJ45 console/management port with RS232 signaling
Forwarding Capacity: 1320 Mpps
Performance
MAC addresses: 272 K
VLAN function The number of VLAN: 4000 Recommended number: less than 30
Management function SNMP: v1, v2, v3 support
Hot swappable redundant power
Hardware redundancy
Hot swappable redundant fans

Thin client (Thin client used in Figures 1 to 3)

The thin clients that are used in a system on which the virtualization platform is applied are shown in the table below.

Item Specification
Body Precision 3260 XE Compact (*1) OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client
Yokogawa specified model GP61V-T11D000W1021E GP6VR-09T11A0T0001E
OS Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 ThinOS 9.1 (*2)
Display output Up to 4 monitors (DisplayPort x 4) Up to 2 monitors (DisplayPort x 2)
Network redundancy Available when using USB-Ethernet adapter Not available
- Operation keyboard
USB devices that can be
- USB Speaker USB storage
used by the virtual machine
- USB storage
The following models can be connected. (*3)
Operation keyboard - AIP830 Not supported
- AIP831
The following devices support sound output.
- Operation keyboard
Sound output Built-in speaker
- USB speaker
- Built-in speaker
*1: Virtualization platform R1.02.10 or later is supported.
*2: ThinOS version 9.1 or later must be used.
*3: Two USB ports are used. Only one virtual machine can be connected at a time.

 Software Requirements
Host OS (Hyper-V)

Release No. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
R1.01 X ―
R1.02.00, R1.02.10 X X
X: available ―: not available

Guest OS (virtual machine), domain controller

Release No. Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2019 Standard
R1.01 X ―
R1.02.00, R1.02.10 X X
X: available ―: not available

The license of Windows Server 2016/2019 Datacenter Edition running on the virtualization host computer has no limit
for the number of Windows Server OS, therefore it is not necessary to purchase an OS for each virtual machine.

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Combination of Host OS and Guest OS

Guest OS
Host OS
Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2019 Standard
Windows Server 2016
X ―
Datacenter
Windows Server 2019
X (*1) X
Datacenter
X: possible ―: not possible

*1: This combination violates the Microsoft license after January 2027. Upgrade the guest OS to Microsoft Windows Server
2019 Standard by the due date.

n MODEL AND SUFFIX CODES

 Software Medium
One software medium for virtualization platform is required in the virtualization system, separately from a software
medium of Yokogawa IA products (e.g. VP6CKM).
In this medium, there are procedure documents, tools, and scripts to support various settings required for building the
virtualization system.
Software media for virtualization platform
Description
Model SS2CVKM Software media for virtualization platform
-V Supplied media: DVD
Suffix
1 Always 1
Codes
1 English version

 Software License
For a virtual machine that connects with Vnet/IP network directly, Vnet/IP interface package is required for Yokogawa
IA system product for each virtual machine. Even if different Yokogawa IA system products such as CENTUM VP ENG
and ProSafe-RS SENG work on one virtual machine, only one Vnet/IP interface package is required.
A software of Vnet/IP interface package is in a software medium of each system product.
Vnet/IP Interface Package (for CI Server)
Refer to “Collaborative Information Server” (GS 36K01A10-01EN) for Vnet/IP Interface Package.

Vnet/IP Interface Package (for CENTUM VP)

Description
Model VP6C3300 Vnet/IP Interface Package
-V Software license
Suffix
1 Always 1
Codes
1 English version

Vnet/IP Interface Package (for ProSafe-RS/ProSafe-RS Lite)

Description
Model RS4C3300 Vnet/IP Interface Package
-V Software license
Suffix
1 Always 1
Codes
1 English version

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Vnet/IP Interface Package (for PRM)
Description
Model PM4C3300 Vnet/IP Interface Package
-V Software license
Suffix
1 Always 1
Codes
1 English version

Vnet/IP Interface Package (for Exaopc)

Description
Model NTPF330 Vnet/IP Interface Package
-S Software license
Suffix
1 Always 1
Codes
1 English version

n ORDERING INFORMATION
Specify model and suffix codes.
Engineering for building the virtualization environment is required, in addition to the engineering for non-virtualization
system. It is recommended to build the virtualization environment by Yokogawa. Contact Yokogawa for further
information.

n TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The names of corporations, organizations, products and logos herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Yokogawa Electric Corporation and their respective holders.

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