By default, Hilscher does not test cifX drivers under Windows Server installations, because Server have very specific requirements to system driver installations.

This FAQ entry is to demonstrate that drivers part of cifX Device Driver for Windows can successfully work in a dedicated system with specific system settings and a dedicated configuration.

Bear in mind, this demonstration is a one-off test of cifX Device Driver for Windows with a dedicated Windows Server version on a dedicated system.
Other non-listed versions and variants of Windows Server are not tested and may behave different.

Test conditions

Computer and OS setup:

Dell Optiplex 9010
Secure Boot is disabled in UEFI BIOS
Windows Server 2019 Standard with Desktop Experience (Version 1809 OS Build 17763.1457)
PCI Express Link State Power Management disabled (see FAQ for cifX - PC freezes if PCIe cards are used)

Used Hilscher products for testing:

cifX Device Driver for Windows V2.5.1.0
CIFX 50E-RE
CIFX M223090AE-RE\F

Results

No issues were encountered during the following tests

driver installation and uninstallation,
basic usage with cifXTest and cifXSetup applications (both part of the driver installation) and
cifXNDIS configuration and basic usage of network interface

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