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Replacing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device

Use this information to replace 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 replace a hypervisor flash device, complete the following steps.

  1. Align the USB flash device with the connector on the system board and push it into the connector until it is firmly seated.
  2. Slide the lockbar on the flash device connector to the locked position until it is firmly seated.
    Figure 1. USB embedded hypervisor flash device installation
    USB embedded hypervisor flash device installation
  3. Reinstall the PCI riser-card assembly (see Replacing the PCI riser-card assembly).
  4. Reinstall the cover (see Replacing the cover).

What to do next

  1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
  2. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
  3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.