Cisco APIC: How to get model name for each controller, spine, and leaf via CLI

[fc00::/7]

What is the command to get model name for each controller, spine, and leaf via CLI?

show version don't have it.

    APIC03# show version
     Role        Pod         Node        Name             Version              
     ----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------- 
     controller  1           1           APIC01     	3.2(4e)              
     controller  2           2           APIC02     	3.2(4e)                       
     spine       1           1           SPINE01  	n9000-13.2(4e)       
     spine       1           2           SPINE02  	n9000-13.2(4e)       
     leaf        1           1           LEAF01  	n9000-13.2(4e)       
     leaf        1           2           LEAF02  	n9000-13.2(4e)

show switch shows more info, but still no model name in it.

[RedNectar]

Hi @fc00::/7 ,

Try:

avread
fnvread

I know its 2 commands, but it should give you what you want

apic1# avread
Cluster:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
fabricDomainName        ACI Fabric1
discoveryMode           PERMISSIVE
clusterSize             1
version                 apic-4.2(2f)
drrMode                 OFF
operSize                1

APICs:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    APIC 1
version           4.2(2f)
address           10.1.0.1
oobAddress        172.16.11.111/24
routableAddress   0.0.0.0
tepAddress        10.1.0.0/16
podId             1
chassisId         xxx
cntrlSbst_serial  (APPROVED,xxx)
active            YES
flags             cra-
health            255
apic1# fnvread
        id               address  disabled    active  occupied permanent              model  nodeRole  nodeType  fabricId     podId
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    101(1)      10.1.96.64/32(1)     NO(0)    YES(1)    YES(1)    YES(1) N9K-C93180YC-FX(1)      2(1)      0(1)      1(1)      1(1)
    102(1)      10.1.96.66/32(1)     NO(0)    YES(1)    YES(1)    YES(1) N9K-C93180YC-FX(1)      2(1)      0(1)      1(1)      1(1)
    201(1)      10.1.96.65/32(1)     NO(0)    YES(1)    YES(1)    YES(1)      N9K-C9332C(1)      3(1)      0(1)      1(1)      1(1)

I hope this helps

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[chathurangaj@kbsl.lk]

for controllers try show controller command

[fc00::/7]

I don't see model name in "show controller" command.

I'm looking for model name, e.g. Nexus 9000, not the hostname of that device.

[chathurangaj@kbsl.lk]

Try these commands,

acidiag fnvread
acidiag avread

[fc00::/7]

Thanks, but I can't run "acidiag" command

_exec_legacy_cmd:9: permission denied: /controller/sbin/acidiag

[Sergiu.Daniluk]

apic# avread
apic# fnvread

These commands are available starting with 4.2.X Not sure if present in 4.1.X as well.

apic# acidiag 
apic# moquery 

These ones are available in all versions.

Regards,

Sergiu

[Sergiu.Daniluk · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If you are interested only in model name, easiest way is to use moquery. I used grep to filter the name and model, but you can use plain output to see all related details to each node (role, rn, serial number, status etc)

apic1# moquery -c fabricNode | grep "model\|name "
model            : N9K-C9xxxx
name             : Spine211
model            : N9K-C9xxxx
name             : Leaf101
model            : APIC-SERVER-xx
name             : apic1

Regards,

Sergiu

[AshishSehgal91267]

The request to get the APIC model number is still answered. What I understand is: APIC is Cisco UCS server and the model number should be like UCS C220M or C240M-L3 etc.

[RedNectar]

Hi,

Good point.  So actually get the model number is a 2 step process

Step 1 is to find the serial number of the APIC - this can be done using an moquery command
Step 2 is to paste the serial number into https://cway.cisco.com/sncheck/ (after logging in)

However, if you actually want to know the UCS model number, that will require Step 3 - which might be a bit tricky, but by searching for cisco apic CIMC software I found this table:

APIC Platform	Corresponding UCS Platform	Description
APIC-SERVER-M1	UCS-C220-M3	Cluster of three Cisco APIC first generation controllers with medium size CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations for up to 1000 edge ports.
APIC-SERVER-M2	UCS-C220-M4	Cluster of three Cisco APIC second generation controllers with medium size CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations for up to 1000 edge ports.
APIC-SERVER-M3	UCS C220 M5	Cluster of three Cisco APIC second generation controllers with medium size CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations for up to 1000 edge ports.
APIC-SERVER-L1	UCS-C220-M3	Cluster of three Cisco APIC first generation controllers with large size CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations for more than 1000 edge ports.
APIC-SERVER-L2	UCS-C220-M4	Cluster of three Cisco APIC second generation controllers with large size CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations for more than 1000 edge ports.
APIC-SERVER-L3	UCS C220 M5	Cisco APIC with large CPU, hard drive, and memory configurations (more than 1200 edge ports)

Step 1

apic1# moquery -c infraWiNode | grep mbSn
mbSn           : FCH1907V0YZ

Step 2