Systems and methods for the automated commissioning of virtualized, distributed control systems

摘要

Disclosed are systems and methods for automated startup of virtualized distributed control systems. An exemplary method includes accessing a data structure comprising a list of network card configuration names associated with the first and second host servers of a virtual process control environment. The first and second host servers implement virtual machines that correspond to workstations for a process control system. The example method also includes, when configuring the first host server, allocating a first name to a first one of the network cards associated with the first host server. The example method further includes, in configuring the second host server, assigning the first name to a second of the network cards associated with the second host server based on a user selection of the first name of the list of configuration names. The second host server is configured after the first host server.