Commands
This list contains some helpful commands that can be entered in the CLI of the
APIC controller and can be executed by the "admin" user.
General
acidiag avread
acidiag fnvread
acidiag rvread
acidiag start/stop/restart
# start/stop DMEs
acidiag verifyapic
controller
eraseconfig setup or acidiag touch setup
show controller [1,2,3]
# executing command: ls /aci/system/controllers/
show fabric membership
# executing command: cat /aci/fabric/inventory/fabric-
membership/clients/summary
techsupport controller [controller]
controller = controller ID (for example, 1), range (for example, 1-2),
name (for example, apic1), or name list (for example, apic1,apic2,..)
techsupport switch [switch]
switch = switch node ID (for example, 101), range (for example, 101-103),
name (for example, leaf1, spine1), or name list (for example,
leaf1,leaf2,spine1...)
version
whoami
Check Active Links
cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
Show Link Status
ip link
Show Commands
Note: Some of these show commands might not execute at this time. This is a
list of items for your reference.
show aaa - show AAA
show access - show fabric access policies
show auditlog - show auditlog on current path
show bgp - show BGP information
show cdp - show Cisco Discovery Protocol information
show controller - show controller node
show eventlog - show event log on current path
show fabric - show fabric details
show fex - show FEX information
show external-data-collectors - show external data collectors
show faults - show faults current path
show firmware - show firmware information
show health - show health on current path
show historical-record-policy - show historic record policies
show import-export - show import/export
show interface - show interface status and information
show interface-policies - show interface policies
show ip - show IP information
show lldp - show information about LLDP
show isis - show IS-IS status and configuration
show l4-l7 - show L4-L7 services details
show module - show module information
show schedulers - show schedulers
show switch - show switch node
show tenant - show tenant
show trafficmap - show trafficmap
show version - show version
show vmware - show VMware vCenter/vShield Controllers
show vpc - show VPC information