Enable the Intel I217-V NIC in Windows Server 2012

My new Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboard with support for 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors (codename Haswell) has a onboard Intel I217-V NIC. The NIC is not recognized and supported in Windows Server 2012. As with the “Enable the Intel 82579V NIC in Windows Server 2012 ” 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 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 8 64-bit  drivers Gigabyte has available for the Z87-D3HP motherboard on there website.

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  • 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:

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  • 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

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

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  • 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