In general it is always better go to a more advanced motherboard Bois version.
2.0+ has fixed the early problems from the old 18 months ago problems, at least on the X9CM-F.
Call Supermicro phone support and ask for Derek, or whoever is an expert on your board, X9. Wait to hear back from him. It will save you time.
Tell him exactly what is happening, that it is loading webOS, drives etc, and vmware but hanging on trying to load the driver for that card. A differenct motherboard bios will for sure make the diffierence.
You can search hardforums for people with your EXACT motherboard, as it can make a difference. You are not the first to encounter this. Talking to Derek is your best bet.
Talk with both Derek and LSI and have them explain to you what to do with UEFI motherboards and settings when it comes to that LSI card. Short advice is to disable UEFI modes I think.