Networking Connectivity
Network Connectivity
How do I configure advanced features in Windows Server Core installations?

Beginning with version 15.0 of Intel® Network Connections software you can use the command line utility prosetcl.exe to change Intel® PROSet settings under Windows Server* Core. Configure adapter settings, teaming, and VLANs from the command line in any version of Microsoft Windows* including installation of only the core.

Intel® Network Connections software copies command line utilities to the \Program Files\Intel\DMIX\CL directory when Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager* is installed.

Refer to the help file prosetcl.txt located in the \Program Files\Intel\DMIX\CL directory.

Configuring a team or VLAN for Hyper-V
To use an ANS Team or VLAN as a Virtual NIC, set up the configuration using prosetcl.exe and nvspbind.exe utilities.

  • Use the prosetcl.exe utility to create the team or VLAN. See the prosetcl.txt file for installation and usage details.
  • Use the nvspbind.exe utility to unbind the protocols on the team or VLAN.

The following is an example of the steps for setting up the configuration.

  1. Use prosetcl.exe to create a team.
    prosetcl.exe Team_Create 1,2,3 MyNewTeam SFT
  2. Use nvspbind to get the team GUID.
    nvspbind.exe -n
  3. Use nvspbind to disable the team bindings.
    nvspbind.exe -d aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddddddddddddddd *
  4. Create the virtual NIC by running a remote Hyper-V manager on a different system. See Microsoft's documentation for instructions on how to do this.
  5. Use nvspbind to get the Virtual NIC GUID.
  6. Use nvspbind to enable protocol bindings on the Virtual NIC.
    nvspbind.exe -e tttttttt-uuuu-wwww-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ms_netbios
    nvspbind.exe -e tttttttt-uuuu-wwww-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ms_tcpip
    nvspbind.exe -e tttttttt-uuuu-wwww-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ms_server

Nvspbind.exe (Network virtual service provider bind)
Nvspbind.exe* is available for download from the MSDN Code Gallery.

Prosetcl.txt
See the version of prosetcl.txt installed with your software for command help.

PROSetcl (TXT) June 21, 2011

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This applies to:
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit CX4 Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit XF LR Server Adapter
IntelŽ 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port Server Adapter
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IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter I340-F4
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IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F2
IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F4
IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
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IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series
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IntelŽ Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
IntelŽ Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ Gigabit ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 GT Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter (LX)
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Low Profile Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter
IntelŽ PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter
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Solution ID: CS-029966
Date Created: 09-Dec-2008
Last Modified: 06-Feb-2012
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