Release Notes for Intel(R) Server Debug and Provisioning Tool (Intel(R) SDPTool)

Version 1.00 Build 08

August, 2017
Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation.
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Supported Intel(R) Platforms
3. Supported Operating Systems
4. Pre-requisites
5. Installation and Un-installation
6. Usage
7. Known Issues
8. New/Unsupported Features & Changes.
9. Legal Information.

1. Introduction
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The Intel(R) Server Debug and Provisioning Tool (Intel(R) SDPTool) is used for debug and provision Intel Server through BMC Out-of-band.

2. Supported Intel(R) Platforms
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    Intel(R) Server Boards based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v3/v4 product family and Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor Scalable family

3. Supported Operating Systems
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  RHEL 6.8-64bit,7.3
  CentOS 7.3
  SLES 11.4-64bit,12.2

4. Pre-requisites
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Refer to user guide section 2.1
 	
5. Installation and Un-installation
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     Installation:
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     Refer to use guide section 2.2    

6. Usage
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Refer User Guide for full information (section 3)


7. Known Issues
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8. New/Unsupported Features & Changes
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    Release 1.00 Build 8
        1)	Support multi-layer directory script execution for custom deploy
		2)	Fix SDPTool to support change in url to for ipv4 in BMC1.22
        3)  Fix custom deploy multi-systems issue

    Release 1.00 Build 7
        1)  Change to invoke VMViewer instead of VMCLI2 to avoid multiple layer calling
        2)  Fix the loop device umount issue on hyperV
        3)  Fix memory info memory type wrong mapping

    Release 1.00 Build 6
        1)  Change checking input sequence on the wrong arguments input
        2)  Integrate new VMCLI
        3)  Fix looping issue on reboot features for grantley 

    Release 1.00 Build 5
        1)  Change the flow of custom deploy to disconnect & reconnect virtual media(VMCLI) for BMC update/reset scenario

    Release 1.00 Build 4
        1)  Remove RHEL6&SLES11 32bit tar file
        2)  Updated with VMCLI to fix issue with GLIBC2.14 on SLES11.4

    Release 1.00 Build 3
        1)   Integrate VMCLI_v1.10
        2)   Change hard-reset message to display before reboot prompt
        3)   Modify version to be format of version.build(1.00.0003)

    Release 1.00 Build 2
        1)  Added ipmi lanplus 2 retry and ipmi raw retry cmd (powerstatistics, systeminfo, memorytemp)

    Release 1.00 Build 1
        1)  Added hard-reset warning messages on reboot script
        2)  Compile with new defense flags: mkedk2ramdisk.efi & VMCLI2 
        3)  Java checking for support openjdk/oracle 1.7 onwards
        4)  Rename to SDPTool

   
9. Legal Information
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                               LEGAL INFORMATION
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