I've started a support case on this with VMware, but I thought I might put it up here to document the process of resolving it more publicly.
Cisco C240 M3 Server (System BIOS fw version 1.5.3b)
NVIDIA K2 GRID card (shipped with the server)
VMware ESXi 5.1U1 build 1157734
I have installed the latest VIB for the NVIDIA K2 GRID (304.76), and it installs without issue:
~ # esxcli software vib list |grep NVIDIA
NVIDIA-VMware_ESXi_5.1_Host_Driver 304.76-1OEM.510.0.0.802205 NVIDIA VMwareAccepted 2013-09-27
but then I try to verify the installation:
~ # nvidia-smi
NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or directory).
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with NVIDIA driver. Make sure that latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
Try to load the kernel module, and get this:
~ # esxcli system
module load --module NVidia
Unable to load module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/nvidia: Failure
~ # tail -10
/var/log/vmkernel.log
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)module heap: Initial heap size: 8388608, max heap size: 68476928
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)vmklnx_module_mempool_init: Mempool max 68476928 being used for module: 75
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)vmk_MemPoolCreate passed for 2048 pages
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)module heap: using memType 2
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)module heap vmklnx_nvidia: creation succeeded. id = 0x410043000000
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)nvidia failed to load.
2013-09-27T02:13:15.618Z cpu7:21007)WARNING: Elf: 2767: Kernel based module load of nvidia failed: Failure <Mod_LoadDone failed>
So I'm stuck.
I get this error when attempting to power on a Windows 7 guest that has the PCI device added.
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It's configured on the host, but things aren't quite right...
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anyone else running into fun like this?
-wes