Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.1(x)

Registering an Unregistered Switch Using the CLI

Updated: November 28, 2025

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Overview

sd Registering an Unregistered Switch Using the CLI

Use this procedure to register a switch from the Nodes Pending Registration tab on the Fabric Membership work pane using the CLI.

Note
This procedure is identical to "Adding a Switch Before Discovery Using the CLI". When you execute the command, the system determines if the node exists and, if not, adds it. If the node exists, the system registers it.

Procedure

Command or Action	Purpose
[no] system switch-id serial-number switch-id name pod id role leaf node-type tier-2-leaf	Adds the switch to the pending registration list.

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