You’ll find it in the NDIS65 folder: C:\SysAdmin\PROWin圆4\PRO1000\Win圆4\NDIS65. inf file and for the I217V, 218V and 219V we’ll edit the e1d65圆4.inf file in note pad or your editor of choice.
A free tool like 7zip will do the job just fine.įor the I211 we need to edit the.
We then extract the content to our work space. Just adapt accordingly.Īfter downloading the most recent Windows 10 (圆4 bit, we’ll use them with a server OS so there is no 32 bit here) Intel drivers form the Intel site we rename the exe to identify what package it is. The instructions will work for a I217V or and i219V as well. Google for the Intel drivers of your NIC. Installing Intel I211, I217V, I218V and I219V drivers on Windows Server 2016 with EUFI boot We’ll walk you through an approach for installing Intel I211, I217V, I218V and I219V drivers on Windows Server 2016 with EUFI boot. inf file installed on your Windows Server OS.ĭon’t worry even with an OS booting from EUFI with secure boot you can still disable driver signing / integrity checking when needed.
What might be new to some people as EUFI & NVME become a bit more popular is how to get a driver with an edited. That’s nothing new and we’ve dealt with this before by editing the. We’ll work on the I218V as an example here. As you can see in the screenshot above that’s a system where I have the I211 driver already installed actually.
The Intel driver for them are only for Windows 10 and won’t install on a server OS. Windows Server 2016 doesn’t have any drivers for the I211, I217V, I218V and the I219V NICs. That’s OK as it’s way better than the old BIOS and enables more scenario. I also boot from NVMe so I need UEFI and use secure boot. Especially with the nested virtualization an NVME disk comes in handy. I like it that way because I have all the options of the server OS at my disposal. I’m running Windows Server 2016 as my main OS for lab, testing, Hyper-V with nested virtualization etc. This blog will be all about installing Intel I211, I217V, I218V and I219V drivers on Windows Server 2016 with EUFI boot.