This article details how to repurpose two second‑hand Tesla P100 GPUs (≈$600 each) in a Dell R730XD server with ESXi 8.0, AlmaLinux 10, NVIDIA drivers, Docker and Ollama to run the qwen3.6:35b model at 32.77 tokens/s, including step‑by‑step configuration, performance benchmarks, and practical tips.
This article walks through setting up a lab environment with ESXi, H3C VSR, and CentOS hosts, installing iperf, netperf, and qperf, configuring IP addresses and routes, disabling firewalls, and using these tools to measure bandwidth, latency, jitter, and packet loss, revealing surprising high‑throughput results and practical troubleshooting tips.
This tutorial walks you through creating a virtual lab by setting up ESXi hosts, configuring a Windows Server domain controller, installing vCenter Server, deploying the vSphere Web Client, and adding SQL Server services, complete with detailed screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
