HP H222 SAS Controller has AQLEN=600
Best is just to go with HP P420i embedded with AQLEN=1020
***Enable HBA mode/passthrough on P420i using HPSSACLI and following ESXi commands
-Make sure disks are wipe clean and no RAID exists
-Make sure FW is latest v5.42
-Make sure ESXi device driver is installed v5.5.0-44vmw.550.0.0.1331820 http://www.vibsdepot/hpq/feb2014-550/esxi-550-devicedrivers/hpsa-5.5.0-1487947.zip

-Put host in MM, from ilo of ESXi in support mode (Alt+F1) execute the following

To View controller config using HPSSACLI with ESXCLI
~ # esxcli hpssacli cmd -q “controller slot=0 show config detail”
To enable HBA mode on P420i using HPSSACLI
~ # esxcli hpssacli cmd -q “controller slot=0 modify hbamode=on forced”

Reboot the host & perform a scan and walah … disks will show up in vSphere web client on each host>devices>before you enable vSAN