def IxVmRemoveCardIdPy(ixNet, vmCardId):
    # This API will remove the specified vm card ID.
    # ixNet = object
    # Example: ixNet = IxNetwork.IxNet() & ixNet.connect(apiServer)

    import re
    availableHardware = ixNet.getList(ixNet.getRoot(), 'availableHardware')[0]
    vChassisObj = ixNet.getList(availableHardware, 'virtualChassis')[0]
    vmCardList = ixNet.getList(vChassisObj, 'ixVmCard')
    releaseAllPortsPy(ixNet)

    for eachVmCardId in vmCardList:
        # '::ixNet::OBJ-/availableHardware/virtualChassis/ixVmCard:"Card1"'
        currentCardIdMatch = re.match('::ixNet.*ixVmCard.*Card([0-9]+)', eachVmCardId)
        if currentCardIdMatch:
            if int(currentCardIdMatch.group(1)) == vmCardId:
                print '\nremoveCardId:', eachVmCardId
                ixNet.remove(eachVmCardId)
                ixNet.commit()
                return 0
    return 1