Dell AX System: Unsigned Driver for Intel Data Stream Accelerator

Summary: Dell AX Systems with Azure Stack HCI 23H2 Operating System (OS) report unsigned driver for Intel Data Stream Accelerator "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0825"

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Symptoms

Below warning message in the Windows Cluster validation report:

Windows Cluster validation report

Get-WindowsDriver -All -Online | Where-Object OriginalFileName-like *dsa.inf

Driver: dsa.inf
OriginalFileName: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\dsa.inf_amd64_add6b6518c9f6a5d\dsa.inf
Inbox: True
ClassName: Dsa
BootCritical: False
ProviderName: Microsoft
Date: 2006-06-21 12:00:00 AM
Version: 10.0.25398.1

Cause

As per Microsoft Engineering, this driver is not intended to be shipped with Azure Stack HCI 23H2.

Resolution

Uninstall the Driver.

Steps to uninstall the Driver:

  1. Run the command:
Get-PnpDevice -FriendlyName "*streaming*" | Select-Object Name, InstanceId, Status

Steps to uninstall the Driver

  1. Find the driver information.

Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0B25&SUBSYS_00008086&REV_00\3&3CD80BA&0&08" -KeyName DEVPKEY_Device_DriverInfPath,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverVersion,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverProvider,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverDesc

Find driver information

  1. Uninstall driver.
Pnputil /delete-driver dsa.inf /uninstall

Uninstall driver command

  1. Check the device information again,

Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0B25&SUBSYS_00008086&REV_00\3&3CD80BA&0&08" -KeyName DEVPKEY_Device_DriverInfPath,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverVersion,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverProvider,DEVPKEY_Device_DriverDesc

Checking the device information

Notice the driver and name change.

  1. The proper driver is showing up now in the device manager.

Device manager showing correct driver

device manager

  1. Generate cluster validation.

Generate cluster validation

All drivers are now signed.

drivers are now signed

 
Note: These steps must be performed on each node in the azure local cluster.

Affected Products

AX-660, AX-760
Article Properties
Article Number: 000359860
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2025
Version:  2
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