Windows Home Server Setup Issues (Drivers missing for network cards)

[jasonr2000]

hi guys im wondering if anyone can help me out.

ive setup windows home server but its saying there are no network drivers installed to continue setup.

ive got the drivers from HP and they won't install either.

any ideas what else I can try or where im going wrong ???

its an HP Microserver Gen8

its Windows Home Server 2011

thanks for any help

[TVVJ]

Hello,

You may try the "HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 driver page for network card" driver and see if it helps. If the network is an non-UD

Regards,

[jasonr2000]

hi thanks for the reply.

it dont work for me no matter what i do.

the only way i can make the drivers work is if i reboot the system and hold F8 and chose to disable driver signing then it will work.

but if the server reboots then i have to do it all over again or i wont have any network access 

[SydUmar_1]

Hello @jasonr2000 
Windows Home Server 2011 is not a compatible Operating system for a HP Microserver Gen8. Please refer to the compatibility matrix to view the supported/compatible Operating systems - https://www.hpe.com/us/en/collaterals/collateral.a50010742enw.html 

Server only supports : 

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016

Drivers will only be available on the HPE support site for supported/compatible operating systems. 

[jasonr2000]

hi thanks for the reply.

i understand it may not be a supported OS officially

but i got it to install and work if i disable signed drivers.

but everytime it needs to reboot i have to enable unsigned drivers for it to connect to the network and then all is ok.

[jasonr2000]

but on another note i have installed truenas core and all is good now. its just i am still figuring it out and wondering how i can get it to back up my local pc's 

thanks

[SydUmar_1]

Hello @jasonr2000 
Unfortunately, there's no way around it. As its an unsigned driver that is being used, 

[jasonr2000]

even tho im using the drivers provided by HP ??

thats odd that it would still be unsigned.

[SydUmar_1]

Could you please elaborate how a "signed compatible/supported" driver is being used for Windows SBS 2011 when HPE hasn't made it available ?

[jasonr2000]

sure

i went to the support pages for the HP Microserver 

and went to this driver https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/softwaredetails?language=en_US&collectionId=MTX-23163b2944e54e9b&tab=releaseNotes

as it says its compatible with windows home server 2011 i installed the driver and the network card worked perfectly but i had to do so by turning off the signed driver enforcement. 

and then as i said it works no problem

[SydUmar_1]

Hello @jasonr2000 

Could you please confirm the network adapter model being used ?

[jasonr2000]

i think this is the information you have asked for

its HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 332i Adapter

or the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller.

thanks

[SydUmar_1 · Accepted solution]

Hello @jasonr2000 

Please use this driver and check if it addresses the issue - https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/softwaredetails?language=en_US&collectionId=MTX-b9a8e50fea15459f&tab=releaseNotes&softwareId=MTX_d07f1f998bcc40f2a912f37c7f 

[jasonr2000]

Thank you again for the reply. and yes that driver worked i had to manually install it rather than use the auotinstaller 

thanks again

jason

[Sunitha_Mod]

Hello @jasonr2000,

Perfect! 

We are glad to know the issue has been resolved and thank you for keeping us updated.