Finding the Switch Inventory

Knowing your switch model and serial numbers can help TAC support with troubleshooting your fabric. This section explains how to find the switch model and serial numbers using the Cisco APIC GUI, CLI, and REST API.

Finding Your Switch Inventory Using the GUI

This section explains how to find your switch model and serial numbers using the Cisco APIC GUI.

Before you begin

You must have access to the Cisco APIC GUI

Procedure

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Fabric > Inventory.

Step 2

In the navigation pane, click a Pod icon.

Your switch icons appear in the navigation pane.

Step 3

In the navigation pane, click on a switch icon.

A list of tabs appears at the top of the work pane.

Step 4

Click the General tab.

Your switch information appears in the work pane.

Finding Your Switch Inventory Using the NX-OS CLI

This section explains how to find your switch model and serial numbers using the NX-OS CLI.

Procedure

Find your switch inventory as follows:

Example:

switch# show hardware 
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2014, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are
owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each
such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php

Software
  BIOS:      version 07.56
  kickstart: version 12.1(1h) [build 12.1(1h)]
  system:    version 12.1(1h) [build 12.1(1h)]
  PE:        version 2.1(1h)
  BIOS compile time:       06/08/2016
  kickstart image file is: /bootflash/aci-n9000-dk9.12.1.1h.bin
  kickstart compile time:  10/01/2016 20:10:40 [10/01/2016 20:10:40]
  system image file is:    /bootflash/auto-s
  system compile time:     10/01/2016 20:10:40 [10/01/2016 20:10:40]


Hardware
  cisco N9K-C93180YC-EX ("supervisor")
   Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU  @ 1.80GHz with 16400384 kB of memory.
  Processor Board ID FDO20101H1W

  Device name: ifav41-leaf204
  bootflash:    62522368 kB

Kernel uptime is 02 day(s), 21 hour(s), 42 minute(s), 31 second(s)

Last reset at 241000 usecs after Sun Oct 02 01:27:25 2016
  Reason: reset-by-installer
  System version: 12.1(1e)
  Service: Upgrade

plugin
  Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin
--------------------------------
Switch hardware ID information
--------------------------------

Switch is booted up
Switch type is : Nexus C93180YC-EX Chassis
Model number is N9K-C93180YC-EX
H/W version is 0.2010
Part Number is 73-15298-01
Part Revision is 1
Manufacture Date is Year 20 Week 10
Serial number is FDO20101H1W
CLEI code is 73-15298-01

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Chassis has one slot
--------------------------------

Module1 ok
  Module type is : 48x10/25G
  1 submodules are present
  Model number is N9K-C93180YC-EX
  H/W version is 0.2110
  Part Number is 73-17776-02
  Part Revision is 11
  Manufacture Date is Year 20 Week 10
  Serial number is FDO20101H1W
  CLEI code is 73-17776-02

GEM ok
  Module type is : 6x40/100G Switch
  1 submodules are present
  Model number is N9K-C93180YC-EX
  H/W version is 0.2110
  Part Number is 73-17776-02
  Part Revision is 11
  Manufacture Date is Year 20 Week 10
  Serial number is FDO20101H1W
  CLEI code is 73-17776-02

---------------------------------------
Chassis has  2 PowerSupply Slots
---------------------------------------

PS1 shut
  Power supply type is : 54.000000W 220v AC
  Model number is NXA-PAC-650W-PE
  H/W version is 0.0
  Part Number is 341-0729-01
  Part Revision is A0
  Manufacture Date is Year 19 Week 50
  Serial number is LIT19500ZEK
  CLEI code is 341-0729-01

PS2 ok
  Power supply type is : 54.000000W 220v AC
  Model number is NXA-PAC-650W-PE
  H/W version is 0.0
  Part Number is 341-0729-01
  Part Revision is A0
  Manufacture Date is Year 19 Week 50
  Serial number is LIT19500ZEA
  CLEI code is 341-0729-01

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Chassis has  4 Fans
---------------------------------------

FT1 ok

 Fan1(sys_fan1)(fan_model:NXA-FAN-30CFM-F)                                    is inserted but info is not available

FT2 ok

 Fan2(sys_fan2)(fan_model:NXA-FAN-30CFM-F)                                    is inserted but info is not available

FT3 ok

 Fan3(sys_fan3)(fan_model:NXA-FAN-30CFM-F)                                    is inserted but info is not available

FT4 ok

 Fan4(sys_fan4)(fan_model:NXA-FAN-30CFM-F)                                    is inserted but info is not available


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Finding Your Switch Inventory Using the REST API

This section explains how to find your switch model and serial numbers using the REST API

Procedure

Find your switch inventory as follows:

Example:

GET https://192.0.20.123/api/node/mo/topology/pod-1.json?query-target=children&target-subtree-class=fabricNode
The following response is returned:
response: 
  {
     "totalCount":"8",
     "imdata":
     [{
         "fabricNode":{
           "attributes":{
              "adSt":"on",
              "childAction":"",
              "delayedHeartbeat":"no",
              "dn":"topology/pod-1/node-103",
              "fabricSt":"active",
              "id":"103",
              "lcOwn":"local",
              "modTs":"2016-10-08T14:49:35.665+00:00",
              "model":"N9K-C9396PX",
              "monPolDn":"uni/fabric/monfab-default",
              "name":"leaf3",
              "nameAlias":"",
              "role":"leaf",
              "serial":"TEP-1-103",
              "status":"","uid":"0",
              "vendor":"Cisco Systems, Inc",
              "version":""}
             }
     },{
         "fabricNode":{
           "attributes":{
             "adSt":"on",
             "childAction":"",
             "delayedHeartbeat":"no",
             "dn":"topology/pod-1/node-105",
             "fabricSt":"active",
             "id":"105",
             "lcOwn":"local",
             "modTs":"2016-10-08T14:47:52.011+00:00",
             "model":"N9K-C9508",
             "monPolDn":"uni/fabric/monfab-default",
             "name":"spine2",
             "nameAlias":"",
             "role":"spine",
             "serial":"TEP-1-105","status":"",
             "uid":"0",
             "vendor":"Cisco Systems, Inc",
             "version":""
          ...
       [TRUNCATED]
          ...
     }