Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco 8300 Series Secure Routers

Remove and replace the USB Flash Token memory stick

Updated: July 31, 2025

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Details the process for safely removing and replacing the USB Flash Token memory stick using step-by-step procedural guidance.

The Cisco 8300 Series Secure Routers contain ports for a USB memory stick to store Cisco configurations or Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages.

Caution

Do not remove a USB Flash memory module when issuing some file access command or a read/write operation to the Flash memory module when it is processing. The router might reload or the USB Flash memory module can be damaged. You can check to see if the USB activity LED on the router front panel is flashing, prior to the removal of the USB device

To install, remove a USB memory stick from the device, perform these steps:

Procedure

Place the USB stick into the USB port.

Type-C memory sticks are supported on USB port 1 and type-C memory can be inserted in any direction. Type-A memory sticks are supported on USB port 0 and it must be oriented correctly to allow for proper insertion.

Note
A sample of how the memory stick is inserted into the port.

Note
You can insert or remove the memory stick whether the device is powered on or not.


1	USB Type C (3.0) (USB 0)

What to do next

This completes the USB Flash memory installation procedure.

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