Dell manual Perc H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA Bios, Post Messages, Bios Fault Code Messages

PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA BIOS

The BIOS of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID Controller (PERC) H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA cards have the following features:

•Support for multiple SAS controllers

•RAID configuration tool (applicable to the PERC H200 card only)

•Read-only memory (ROM) BIOS recovery image

•POST status error messaging

•POST accessible, text-based configuration utility (<Ctrl><C>)

•Boot Device Selection (applicable to the PERC H200 card only)

POST Messages

During POST, the BIOS displays messages that provide the status and identification information of the PERC H200 card, and also displays errors detected during the POST process.

•The BIOS POST identification banner prints the BIOS identification, copyright information, and the controller version.

•The BIOS displays the list of controllers and devices detected at initialization in a hierarchical order.

•The BIOS also prompts you to start the Configuration Utility during the POST process.

BIOS Fault Code Messages

If an error is encountered in the BIOS during POST, the BIOS Configuration Utility forces you to acknowledge BIOS errors by halting the POST process after the error display. You must press any key to continue. The BIOS Configuration Utility allows you to choose to continue booting or stop booting if errors are encountered.

PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA BIOS

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