PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA BIOS 43
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
POSTprocess.

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.
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