1702 cable error

[rocco_2]

i have an older proliant ml370 and am trying to attach a scsi tape backup to the scsi port it and i get "error 1702 cable error detected system board halted"
just wondering if any one had any ideas.
roy dallas

[Eugeny Brychkov]

Roy,
did you try another cable? Did you check that tape and host's interfaces are compatible (do NOT connect HVD devices to LVD/SE controllers and vice versa). Do NOT connect tapes to RAID controllers - use addon ones with correct interface
Eugeny

[rocco_2]

thanks for the response. as it turns out the problem is that the external scsi port will not work when the internal #1 scsi port has a cable in it (?). i just unplugged the cable going to that port and it worked. go figure..