Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide, Release 6.1(x)

Verifying Cold Standby Status Using the CLI

Updated: November 28, 2025

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Overview

sd Status Using the CLI

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

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