diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/playbooks/update_pe_sdp_mesh.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/playbooks/update_pe_sdp_mesh.yaml
index a895eecec53508de7de90073063f54fb891cad3a..48010d54f287a8d8cc27fe31aaf4352fe4dfb3d9 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/playbooks/update_pe_sdp_mesh.yaml
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/playbooks/update_pe_sdp_mesh.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
   hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
   roles:
-    - ../roles/promote_p_to_pe
+    # - ../roles/promote_p_to_pe
+    - ../roles/sdp
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/README.md b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5beb3179d79f7f2fd6b8ffdbe022c156224f113a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Role Name
+
+Role to manage l2circuits/epipes in multivendor network.
+
+## Requirements
+
+GEANT custom netconf module with Nokia "commit_comment" and "config_mode" features.
+
+## Role Variables
+
+- vars/main.yaml
+- external inventory (group_vars)
+- orchestrator (GSO)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+n/a
+
+## Example Playbook
+
+Role is supposed to be driven by GSO.
+
+## License
+
+MIT
+
+## Author Information
+
+A. Kurbatov. GEANT Orchestration and Automation Team (GOAT).
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/defaults/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c237689481280060bc7df9817c6c322ece073342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# defaults file for sdp
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/handlers/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..790d04dfab1d908950f3eaea0707dfc45a95124f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# handlers file for sdp
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/meta/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e604b5cb0805547e07ac3a9a3da3eaf8d89d0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+galaxy_info:
+  author: A. Kurbatov
+  description: GEANT Orchestration and Automation Team
+  company: GEANT
+
+  # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
+  # next line and provide a value
+  # issue_tracker_url: http://example.com/issue/tracker
+
+  # Choose a valid license ID from https://spdx.org - some suggested licenses:
+  # - BSD-3-Clause (default)
+  # - MIT
+  # - GPL-2.0-or-later
+  # - GPL-3.0-only
+  # - Apache-2.0
+  # - CC-BY-4.0
+  license: MIT
+
+  min_ansible_version: "2.10"
+
+  # If this a Container Enabled role, provide the minimum Ansible Container version.
+  # min_ansible_container_version:
+
+  galaxy_tags:
+    - network
+    # List tags for your role here, one per line. A tag is a keyword that describes
+    # and categorizes the role. Users find roles by searching for tags. Be sure to
+    # remove the '[]' above, if you add tags to this list.
+    #
+    # NOTE: A tag is limited to a single word comprised of alphanumeric characters.
+    #       Maximum 20 tags per role.
+
+dependencies:
+  []
+  # List your role dependencies here, one per line. Be sure to remove the '[]' above,
+  # if you add dependencies to this list.
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/compile.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/compile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e1281163e67790903a49fc69a537e0810a14cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/compile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: Set ansible host to localhost to compile template
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ansible_host: "localhost"
+    ansible_connection: local
+
+- name: Print the template in "/var/tmp/ansible_run_{{ opid }}/SDP.conf"
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "routers/nokia/{{ verb }}/sdp.j2"
+    dest: "/var/tmp/ansible_run_{{ opid }}/SDP.conf"
+    lstrip_blocks: true
+    trim_blocks: true
+    mode: "0755"
+  delegate_to: localhost
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/connection_tasks.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/connection_tasks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..da9016ea834f7c0e1d3907c6fa552cb7bdf83570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/connection_tasks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+# Connection tasks for SDP role
+#
+- name: Set ansible_host to terminal server when router is offline
+  when: subscription.router.router_access_via_ts | ansible.builtin.bool and
+    inventory_hostname == subscription.router.router_fqdn
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ansible_host: "{{ subscription.router.router_site.site_ts_address }}"
+    ansible_port: "{{ subscription.router.router_ts_port }}"
+
+- name: Load netconf connection config for subscription router
+  when: inventory_hostname == subscription.router.router_fqdn
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ansible_connection: "{{ netconf_access[subscription.router.vendor].ansible_connection }}"
+    ansible_network_os: "{{ netconf_access[subscription.router.vendor].ansible_network_os }}"
+
+# - name: Debug hostvars
+#   ansible.builtin.debug:
+#     var: hostvars[inventory_hostname].vendor
+
+- name: Set ansible_host back to the {{ inventory_hostname }}
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ansible_host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+
+- name: Load netconf connection config for mesh routers
+  when: inventory_hostname != subscription.router.router_fqdn
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ansible_connection: "{{ netconf_access[hostvars[inventory_hostname].vendor].ansible_connection }}"
+    ansible_network_os: "{{ netconf_access[hostvars[inventory_hostname].vendor].ansible_network_os }}"
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..356a4abd942d0e77e8a9daae199953741ab35a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+# main tasks for SDP
+#
+- name: Print the usage
+  when: (verb is not defined) or (verb not in verbs)
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg:
+      - "'verb' keyword is mandatory. Usage: -e verb=$verb"
+
+- name: Print defined verbs
+  when: (verb is not defined) or (verb not in verbs)
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg:
+      - "Allowed verb: {{ item }}"
+  loop: "{{ verbs }}"
+
+- name: Stop if arguments are incorrect
+  when: (verb is not defined) or (verb not in verbs)
+  ansible.builtin.meta: end_play
+
+- name: Include standard tasks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: standard_tasks.yaml
+
+- name: Include merge vars tasks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: merge_vars.yaml
+
+- name: Include config compilation tasks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: compile.yaml
+
+- name: Include connection tasks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: connection_tasks.yaml
+
+- name: Include config deployment tasks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: push_config.yaml
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/merge_vars.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/merge_vars.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe6c16fecf0707a3a971ade31e11152e46bd1ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/merge_vars.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+# merge vars for SDP
+- name: Import variables from 'all'
+  ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+    dir: /opt/ansible_inventory/group_vars/all
+
+- name: Import routers variables
+  ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+    dir: /opt/ansible_inventory/group_vars/routers
+
+- name: Select SDP params for l2ciruit-type
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    sdp_type: "{{ (sdp_types | selectattr('id', 'equalto', '1'))[0] }}"
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/push_config.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/push_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ac1c0e9a8037fc185bd0ef1d5934e40dd5df92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/push_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+- name: Config deploy [CHECK ONLY][NOKIA]
+  when: >
+    dry_run | ansible.builtin.bool
+  geant.gap_ansible.nokia_netconf_config:
+    format: xml
+    default_operation: merge
+    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/var/tmp/ansible_run_{{ opid }}/SDP.conf') }}"
+    commit: true
+    validate: true
+    config_mode: private
+  diff: true
+  register: output
+  check_mode: true
+
+- name: Fail if config diff is detected
+  when: >
+    output.changed | ansible.builtin.bool
+    and
+    is_verification_workflow | ansible.builtin.bool
+  ansible.builtin.fail:
+    msg: >
+      The config for {{ subscription.description }} has drifted!
+
+- name: Config deploy [REAL][NOKIA]
+  when: >
+    not dry_run | ansible.builtin.bool
+  geant.gap_ansible.nokia_netconf_config:
+    format: xml
+    default_operation: merge
+    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/var/tmp/ansible_run_{{ opid }}/SDP.conf') }}"
+    commit: true
+    commit_comment: "{{ commit_comment }}"
+    config_mode: private
+  diff: true
+  register: output
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/standard_tasks.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/standard_tasks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4772e5bba9ad6a0f39f7a8cc6bd4b019e4cf568d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/tasks/standard_tasks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: Generate an ID for this run
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    opid: "{{ lookup('community.general.random_string', length=18, special=false) }}"
+
+- name: Print the ID
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ opid }}"
+
+- name: Create a folder for all compiled output
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/var/tmp/ansible_run_{{ opid }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+  delegate_to: localhost
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/add_pe_to_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/add_pe_to_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..97dee48bf7586b8b7b495dcf45ba78e8c1c575f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/add_pe_to_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<config xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns:alu="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+    <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf">
+    <service xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf" xmlns:nc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns:nokia-attr="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:attributes">
+        {% if pe_router_list|length != 0 %}
+            {% for pe_fqdn, pe_addr in pe_router_list.items() %}
+            {% set sdp_id = pe_addr.lo4 | replace(sdp_prefix_regex, '') | replace('.', '') + sdp_type.id %}
+        <sdp alu:operation="replace">
+            <sdp-id>{{ sdp_id }}</sdp-id>
+            <admin-state>enable</admin-state>
+            <description>{{ pe_fqdn }}</description>
+            <delivery-type>mpls</delivery-type>
+            <path-mtu>{{ sdp_type.path_mtu }}</path-mtu>
+            {% if sdp_type.signaling is defined %}
+            <signaling>{{ sdp_type.signaling}}</signaling>
+            {% endif %}
+            <sr-isis>{{ sdp_type.sr_isis | lower }}</sr-isis>
+            <far-end>
+                <ip-address>{{ pe_addr.lo4 }}</ip-address>
+            </far-end>
+        </sdp>
+            {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
+    </service>
+   </configure>
+</config>
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/remove_pe_from_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/remove_pe_from_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7101bbf9df2331cd141efb89ee8ac7142040ba6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/templates/routers/nokia/remove_pe_from_sdp_mesh/sdp.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<config xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns:alu="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+    <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf">
+    <service xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf" xmlns:nc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns:nokia-attr="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:attributes">
+        {% if pe_router_list|length != 0 %}
+            {% for pe_fqdn, pe_addr in pe_router_list.items() %}
+            {% set sdp_id = pe_addr.lo4 | replace(sdp_prefix_regex, '') | replace('.', '') + sdp_type.id %}
+        <sdp alu:operation="delete">
+            <sdp-id>{{ sdp_id }}</sdp-id>
+        </sdp>
+            {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
+    </service>
+   </configure>
+</config>
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/vars/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f82ca8806af8209772cf7cab340edda770acfd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/sdp/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# vars file for sdp
+dry_run: true
+is_verification_workflow: false
+
+verbs:
+  - add_pe_to_sdp_mesh
+  - remove_pe_from_sdp_mesh