The latest firmware for that HBA is:
| HPE SN1100Q 16Gb 2P FC HBA | 2.00.01 |
iLo is already at latest 2.81, but I would run the latest Gen10 SPP to update all other firmware including BIOS.
Also, I would not under any circumstances run any version of ESXi 7.x lower than 7.0.3c, and preferably 7.0.3i,j,k, or l.
Use the latest HPE custom image for ProLiant linked here , it is VMware-ESXi-7.0.3-21424296-HPE-703.0.0.11.3.0.5-Apr2023.iso which is the absolute latest released build of ESXi 7.0.3 codebase, ESXi 7.0 Update 3l released 2023-03-30
I'm not sure if this will fix your issue, but this will allow you to rule out old firmware/drivers.