Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.2(x)

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Verify Cold Standby Status Using the CLI

Updated: January 12, 2026

Overview

Learn how to verify the Cold Standby status of APIC by logging in as admin and using the show controller command to review the operational details and health of the fabric components.

Procedure

To verify the Cold Standby status of APIC, log in to the APIC as admin and enter the command show controller . 


                        apic1# show controller
                        Fabric Name          : vegas
                        Operational Size     : 3
                        Cluster Size         : 3
                        Time Difference      : 496
                        Fabric Security Mode : strict
                        ID    Pod   Address          In-Band IPv4     In-Band IPv6               OOB IPv4         OOB IPv6                   Version             Flags  Serial Number     Health
                        ----  ----  ---------------  ---------------  -------------------------  ---------------  -------------------------  ------------------  -----  ----------------  ------------------
                        1*    1     10.0.0.1         0.0.0.0          fc00::1                    172.23.142.4     fe80::26e9:b3ff:fe91:c4e0  2.2(0.172)          crva-  FCH1748V0DF       fully-fit
                        2     1     10.0.0.2         0.0.0.0          fc00::1                    172.23.142.6     fe80::26e9:bf8f:fe91:f37c  2.2(0.172)          crva-  FCH1747V0YF       fully-fit
                        3     1     10.0.0.3         0.0.0.0          fc00::1                    172.23.142.8     fe80::4e00:82ff:fead:bc66  2.2(0.172)          crva-  FCH1725V2DK       fully-fit
                        21~         10.0.0.21                                                                                                                    -----  FCH1734V2DG
                        Flags - c:Commissioned | r:Registered | v:Valid Certificate | a:Approved | f/s:Failover fail/success
                        (*)Current (~)Standby