I got exactly same problem on BL460c G7 and ESXi 5.5 U1. (NC553i)
Firmware and drivers are up to date. NIC driver version is elxnet 10.2.298.5. NIC firmware version is 10.2.340.19
If your VC version is 4.01 or later you may see NIC SPEED is 10Gbps for all NICs. You have to change it by following article:
I have changed VC network setting to allocating correct speed.
esxcli network nic list command give correct NIC SPEED.
But issue still there.This is more like a Emulex problem.