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Removing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device

Use this information to remove a USB embedded hypervisor flash device.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To remove a hypervisor flash device, complete the following steps.

  1. Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
  2. Remove the PCI riser-card assembly (see Removing the PCI riser-card assembly).
  3. Locate the USB embedded hypervisor flash device connector on the system board.
    Figure 1. Location of the USB embedded hypervisor flash device connector
    Location of the USB embedded hypervisor flash device connector
  4. Slide the lockbar on the flash device connector to the unlocked position and pull the USB flash device out of the connector.
    Figure 2. USB embedded hypervisor flash device removal
    USB embedded hypervisor flash device removal

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.