Попробуйте все же взять с HP
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/esxi-image.html
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/vmware/supportmatrix/hpvmware.html
(3) Supported with the HP ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 5.0 version 1.1.2 and forward
(4) Successful installation of the VMware operating system requires either the HP custom ESXi image or an OS image can be created with VMware's ImageBuilder application that has, at minimum, appropriate device drivers to support the boot controller and at least one network device in the server. A list of drivers included in the HP Custom Image is available here.