FreeBSD-11: Installation does not detect hard disk on HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10

I'm unable to install FreeBSD-11 (also tried 12.0-current) on HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server as Installer does not detect hard disk

Installation medias used for the installation:-

FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1
FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20171130-r326378-disc1

Server configuration details:-
Processor Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40GHz
Processor Speed 2400 MHz
Memory: 32 GB
Hard Drive details:
- Physical Drive in Port 1I Box 2 Bay 2
  • Status OK
    Serial Number XXXX
    Model MB001000GWFGF
    Media Type HDD
    Capacity 1000 GB
    Location Port 1I Box 2 Bay 2
    Firmware Version HPG2
    Drive Configuration Configured
    Encryption Status Not Encrypted
 
Have you tried 11.1-RELEASE? 11.0-RELEASE is End-of-Life.

Also make sure the SATA controller is set to AHCI in the BIOS/UEFI. And what kind of extra controller does the machine have?
 
Installer is able to detect 64GB pen driver, but not hard drive.
Then, I tried the Linux installation and that installer is able to detect all 4 logical / physical drives.

Can someone please help me in this ..

Please find attachment for different commands tried during the installation shell.
 

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The internal disks on the HP Proliant are connected via HP proprietary "SmartArray" RAID controller. Your OS must have the SmartArray drivers for your specific model. I know that Linux does, as we run RHEL on HP Proliant servers, but it sounds like FreeBSD may not?
 
SR or MR? The MR controllers are actually rebranded LSI MegaRAID controllers. You may want to try mrsas(4).
 
I have not got my hands on a G10 yet - but up to and including G9 the SmartArray Controllers are supported by the ciss(4) driver.

According to the Quickspecs the DL380 G10 contains a
SmartArray P824i-p .

Which right now is not listed in the ciss(4) man page for 11.2.
 
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