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4-1 RAS Function Details
4-1-1 What Is the RAS Solution for OMRON Industrial PCs?
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RAS Functions
4-1 RAS Function Details
NSA-series Industrial PCs are equipped with standard PC RAS functions and
other unique RAS functions that can be used to construct highly reliable systems.
4-1-1 What Is the RAS Solution for OMRON Industrial PCs?
RAS functions have important roles in various business scenes using industrial
PCs, where high reliability of a PC is required, as well as advanced features and
high performance. The OMRON RAS Solution is a comprehensive capability to
constantly monitor the system status and send information on any detected error to
users and the system. RAS functions can shutdown and/or enable the system to
recover safely.
An OMRON Industrial PC embedded with a specific RAS Board can greatly
enhance reliability through a RAS system that combines RAS Middleware and a
RAS Utility. The RAS system in an OMRON Industrial PC provides main the
following functions:
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A Monitoring Function is provided to constantly monitor the hardware and
software of the industrial PC and provide the user failure notification when an
error is detected or a failure occurs.
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An Auto-recovery Function forcefully shuts down the system when a failure
occurs to prevent further faults and reboot the system for recovery.
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A Logging Function saves events in operating the industrial PC (such as power
supply ON/OFF events, OS startup/shutdown events, etc.), system status when
a failure occurs, and conditions of the motherboard (i.e., the temperature and
power supply) in RAS Board memory backed up by a battery.
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The Log Analysis Function analyzes the cause and/or tendency of failures using
large amounts of log data saved in memory.
4-1-2 Monitoring and Auto-recovery
Monitoring Functions
The RAS functions enable users to monitor operation status and detect failures.
The Industrial PC provides the following monitoring functions.
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Startup Monitoring: Provides notification of failures that occur while starting
(i.e., from turning ON the power supply until startup has been completed).