Enable the Intel I217-V NIC in Windows Server 2012

My new Intel® Desktop Board DB85FL motherboard with support for 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors (codename Has well) has an onboard Intel I217-V NIC. The NIC is not recognized and supported in Windows Server 2012. As with the “nextitgen.blogspot.in” blogpost it is possible to enable the NIC in Windows Server 2012. Here are the steps:

• To be able to modify the drivers you need to run the following commands:

bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON 

• Reboot the system
• Download the Intel drivers from the motherboard vendor or from Intel. In my case I used the Intel Windows Server 2012r2 64-bit drivers Gigabyte has available for the Intel DB85FL motherboard on their website.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23073/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-Server-2012-R2-

• Save the drivers and extract them
• Open the folder PRO1000
• Open the folder Winx64
• Open the folder NDIS63
• Open the e1d63x64.inf file, I used Notepad++ to edit the file
• In the [ControlFlags] section delete the 3 lines (see 1)
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• Select and copy the three E153B lines ((see 2)
• Paste the 3 lines in the [Intel.NTamd64.6.2] section below the %E155ANC lines (see 3)
• After the modifications the e1d63x64.inf file must look like this:

·        Save the file

·        Install the Intel driver

·        During the installation the you got a “Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software” warning, select “Install this driver software anyway” and continue

·        After the installation the Intel I217-V Gigabit NIC is recognized and enabled.

Enable the driver integrity checks and disable test signing again by using the following commands:

• bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
• bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
• Reboot the system