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Help me setup an ESXi Server on a Supermicro C9X299-PGF Motherboard utilizing Nvidia Grid K2 cards

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I am looking for someone to help me setup an ESXi Server on a Supermicro C9X299-PGF Motherboard utilizing Nvidia Grid K2 cards. The issues I am having: I have experience setting up the same configuration but on HP servers. Although the Supermicro is not a “qualified” motherboard to operate the K2 cards, there is no reason why it should not work and others have done this. This is a virtual video card utilizing vcpu drivers (not passthru). You must have experience utilizing this hardware and software. 1. I have installed ESXi 6.5 because apparently Nvidia dropped support on the Grid K1 and K2 so there are no drivers for ESXi 6.7 (although I haven’t tried using 6.5 drivers on 6.7 yet) 2. I only had the HP custom ESXi OS because you need to own a paid VMWare product to download free previous versions. Do you have ESXi 6.5 general version / non custom? 3. For the most part, I can do most of the install and setup myself, I only need troubleshooting support along the way. 4. Again the biggest hurdle at this point is to get the Nvidia K2 vCPU drivers up and running which I have been unsuccessful. This may be due to the fact that I’m using the HP custom ESXi installation. I have two K2 cards and confirm both are working. I believe they detect in the BIOS of the motherboard and I can see them in Vsphere which will allow me to use them as passthru but I can’t seem to install the vcpu drivers. Our server is only going to be running 8-10 workstations so it is a very small installation so I don’t want to use, nor to I feel the need to run vcenter server. If you insist that this is necessary, we do have an installation that is available for troubleshooting but I eventually would like to eliminate it to simplify the network installation. These workstations will run on Dell Wyse zero clients OR wireless clients. I have setup the zero clients before so that is no issue but may need assistance running the virtual workstations wirelessly. This is actually a very simple project that should only take an experienced person a few hours of mostly research and troubleshooting. If you have no experience with this hardware but are a VMware expert, it will take quite a bit more time to troubleshooting. I am available this weekend and weekdays after 6pm EST
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I have every experience with VMware vsphere platform.
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Hi I've good experience with ESXi and working on Supermicro servers. I am a Sr. Linux Admin, Unix Admin, System Admin, Storage Admin, Server Admin, Virtualization Expert having hands-on proven experience over the past 13 years on different Linux flavors. I have strong experience in installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting anything on Linux/Unix based operating systems including Centos, Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu, Cloudlinux etc. I have good experience in Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Digital Ocean, OVH and other VPS providers. I’m experienced in various virtualization technologies like VMware, Virtualizor, Esxi, Virual Box, Xen, KVM, etc. I've experience with various open source tools, Hardware and Software RAID, security, server hardening, panels including cpanel, webmin, cwp, plesk etc. I’ve good experience installing SSL certificates, Web servers, Mail servers, User Management, Disk Management, File Management, System Backup and Recovery including System booting issues ISCSI, Multipath, Kannel, LVM, Partitions, Network Routing, Team Bonding, Linux Network, Shell Scripting, RAID, HA-Lizard, DRBD, SAN/NAS etc. I have outstanding troubleshooting and problem solving skills. I provide complete Server administration support. Please message me if you would like to get this work done from me. Thanks & Regards Kamaldeep Singh Kahlon Sr. Linux/Unix/Server/Storage/System Admin Virtualization Expert
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Dear Sir; My name's Javier Aguilar, I'm Systems & Telecom. Engineer with +20 years experience in Systems Administration, IT projects management, server management, DataCenter management, Help Desk, Networking engineering design, deployment and troubleshooting, LAN/WAN/SD-WAN/MAN management, and other IT topics. I've more than 12 years in VMware ESXi deployment, but not with your Supermicro Server. I've a VMware ESXi 6.0 generic release with keygen (downloaded recently to activate a VMWare ESXi that never was activated). We can try if you want. I'm ready to start with your services, but if you like contact me by chat before making a decision to know details about your issue. I'm online right now. Best regards, Javier Aguilar IT Business Corp. Montevideo, Uruguay, South America (GMT-3:00).
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