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Removing the USB flash drive

Use this information to remove the USB flash drive.

Before you remove the USB flash drive, complete the following steps:
Note
A USB flash drive must be installed for fan power control to maintain chassis settings after AC cycle.
  1. Read Safety and Installation guidelines.
  2. If the fan power control is installed in the NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure, remove it (see Removing the fan power control).
  3. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface, orienting the compute node with the bezel pointing toward you.

To remove the USB flash drive, complete the following steps.

Figure 1. USB flash drive removal
graphic illustrating USB flash drive removal

  1. Locate the USB connector on the fan power control.
  2. Pull the USB flash drive out of the connector.
If you are instructed to return the USB flash drive, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
Note
If data is not or unable to be migrated from the old USB flash drive onto the new USB flash drive, you must reconfigure the fan power control settings.