Server Efficiency Rating Tool (SERT)® Updates
SERT 2.0.8 Suite Released June 11th, 2024
List of major Enhancements for the SERT 2.0.8 Suite:
- Added support for NVIDIA Grace processors.
- Added support for AMD Instinct MI300A processors.
- Added support for Microsoft Pioneer processors.
- Includes the PTDaemon Interface version 1.11.0.
- Added support for additional LTS java versions.
- Documentation was updated with clarification on closed loop liquid cooling support.
SERT 2 Suite Update Process
To apply a SERT 2 Suite update, do the
following:
- The update process requires you to already have the full installation package
of a SERT 2 Suite, and a connection to the internet while running the actual update utility itself.
- Create a directory for your update process
- Download the SPEC-updater v0.9 zip or SPEC-updater v0.9 tar to that directory
- Unzip or untar the package. The update tool is invoked from the SPEC-updater.bat or SPEC-updater sh script found in the bin directory of the package.
- Run the updater:
Please note that Java should be in your system PATH. If it is not, and the update tool is unable to find it, you will need to specify its location. Error messages will provide information on how to specify your Java installation.
Basic syntax:
spec-updater update (existing SERT 2 Suite binary) (new SERT 2 Suite binary) (optional_web_proxy_host) (optional_web_proxy_port)
Simple example:
spec-updater update SERT-2.0.1_setup.jar SERT-2.0.8_setup.jar
With a proxy:
spec-updater update SERT-2.0.1_setup.jar SERT-2.0.8_setup.jar proxy.company.com 8888
None of the files are required to be in the update directory. An example where the update tools is not in the path and the PTdaemon binaries are not in the current working directory:
c:\downloads\SPEC-updater\bin\spec-updater update c:\sert-2.0.1\SERT-2.0.1_setup.jar c:\sert-2.0.8\SERT-2.0.8_setup.jar
NOTE: On SUTs with some of the newer JVMs, you may experience jar install errors which require additional syntax. Please use the following examples if you have issues installing the newly created jar:
Windows Power Shell:
java -D"jdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true" -jar .\SERT-2.0.8_setup.jar -i console
UNIX:
java -Djdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true -jar SERT-2.0.8_setup.jar
