RAID Controller Driver Issue – Intel S2600WFT & Windows Server 2025 Datacenter

[hymn0324]

Hello Intel Support Team,

I'm currently trying to install Windows Server 2025 Datacenter on an Intel Server Board S2600WFT, but I am experiencing issues with the RAID controller driver compatibility.

I attempted to use the following Intel RAID driver package during installation:

Intel_ESRT2_1.62_Win_DRV_v18.03.2021.0929_pv

However, the driver is not accepted during installation, and the OS installation cannot proceed normally.

Could you please advise on the following:

Is the Intel S2600WFT officially supported on Windows Server 2025 Datacenter?

If supported, what is the correct RAID controller driver for this OS?

Is there a newer driver version specifically for Windows Server 2025?

If not supported, what is the recommended workaround or alternative solution?

System Information:
  - Server Model: Intel Server Board S2600WFT

  - Operating System: Windows Server 2025 Datacenter

  - RAID Controller: Intel onboard RAID (exact model unknown)

  - RAID Configuration: RAID-6

  - Installation Method: Clean OS installation via USB media (IODD)

Current Issue Description:
During Windows Server installation, the RAID disk is visible on the disk selection screen.
However, when selecting the disk and clicking "Next", the installation does not proceed.

Additionally, when attempting to manually load the RAID driver, the driver installation fails with an error message.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

[Yesu27]

Hello hymn0324,

Greetings!!

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

Windows Server 2025 is not supported on the S2600WFT. Please refer to the following article for Component Compatibility Information for Intel® Server Products.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000100163/server-products.html

The RAID driver you attempted to install supports only Windows Server 2022 family.

We recommend using Windows Server 2022, which is tested and supported on S2600WFT. Note that installing Windows Server 2025 may cause issues as it is untested on this platform.

Regards,

Kuzhanthai Yesu R

​​​​​​​Intel Customer Support Technician

[Yesu27]

Hello hymn0324,

Greetings!!

Please confirm if you have reviewed the information provided in our previous post.

Feel free to contact us if you need any additional information.

Regards,

Kuzhanthai Yesu R

​​​​​​​Intel Customer Support Technician

[hymn0324]

Hello Yesu27,

Thank you for your quick response and for confirming that Windows Server 2025 is not currently supported on the Intel S2600WFT.

I have one additional question regarding future support:

- Does Intel have any plans to add official support for Windows Server 2025 on the S2600WFT platform?
   If there is any planned tentative schedule, or upcoming driver/firmware update that may enable support, I would appreciate the information.
   If no future support is planned, please confirm this as well so we can finalize our deployment strategy.

Thank you again for your assistance.

[Azhari_Intel]

Hello hymn0324,

Good day to you!

At the moment, there are no official announcement for future proven support on Windows Server 2025 for S2600WFT.

Hence, we would recommend running on Windows Server 2022 where it supports both S2600WFT board and the Intel® ESRT2 driver.

Best Regards,

Azhari Karim

Intel Customer Support Technician

[hymn0324]

Hello Azhari,

Thank you for your assistance and clarification.
You may proceed to close this case.

Thanks again for your support.

[Fikri_Intel]

Hello hymn0324,

Thank you for your response.

We will be closing this thread from our end. If you need any additional information, please submit a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Best Regards,

Fikri_Intel