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Introduction

The Intel® Server Debug and Provisioning Tool (Intel® SDP Tool) is used to debug and provision Intel® Server Boards and Systems through BMC out-of-band.

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Detailed Description

1. Introduction

The Intel® Server Debug and Provisioning Tool (Intel® SDP Tool) is used for debug and provision Intel Server through BMC Out-of-band.

2. Supported Intel(R) Platforms

• Intel® Server Board S2600 series (Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3/v4 product family)
• Intel® Server Board (Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family)
• Intel® Server Board (2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Family)
• Intel® Server Board (Intel® Xeon® Platinum 9200 Processor Family)
• Intel® Server Board D50TNP family
• Intel® Server Board M50CYP family
• Intel® Server Board M70KLP family
• Intel® Server Board D40AMP family
• Intel® Server Board M20NTP family
• Intel® Server Board M50FCP family
• Intel® Server Board D50DNP family

3. Supported Operating Systems

• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.x and 9.x. All 64 Bit distros.
• SuSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 15. All 64 Bit distros.
• CentOS* 8.x. All 64 Bit distros.
• Ubuntu* 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

4. Pre-requisites

- Python* 3.x
- Ipmitool 1.8.18
- Curl 7.29.0
- Openssl 1.0.0x above
- Wget 1.16 above
- Python-requests
- Java OpenJDK/Oracle* version 1.7 and above, 64bit
- Icedtea-web
- OpenIPMI drivers

5. Installation and Un-installation

Installation:

To install the Intel® SDP Tool on the Management Server
1. Download or copy the Intel® SDP Tool Package ’SDPTool-x.y-z.tar.gz’ to the target directory.
2. Untar the tar.gz file.
Prompt #> tar -xvzmf SDPTool-x.y-z.tar.gz
3. Go to untarred ’SDPTool-x.y-z’ directory folder. Run sdptool_install.sh to install the package, example below :-
Prompt #> cd <path/to/SDPTool-x.y-z>
Prompt #> ./sdptool_install.sh

If an older version is present, uninstall it first by using the command below:
Prompt #> ./sdptool_uninstall.sh

or use the update script:
Prompt #> ./sdptool_update.sh

Uninstallation:

To uninstall the package, enter the following commands:
Prompt #> tar -xvzmf SDPTool-x.y-z.tar.gz
Prompt #> cd <path/to/sdptool-x.y-z>
Prompt #> ./sdptool_uninstall.sh

Upgradation:

To update the package, enter the following commands:
Prompt #> tar -xvzmf SDPTool-x.y-z.tar.gz
Prompt #> cd <path/to/sdptool-x.y-z>
Prompt #> ./sdptool_update.sh