join management-plane <hostname-or-ip-address[:port]> username <username> thumbprint <thumbprint> [password <password>]

Join this hypervisor host with the management plane. You can specify any NSX Manager in the management cluster in this command.

Use the API username and password for the specified NSX Manager. If you do not provide a password on the command line, you will be prompted to enter one.

Get the NSX Manager thumbprint by running the get certificate api thumbprint command on the specified NSX Manager.

Parameters:

Option	Description
<hostname-or-ip-address[:port]>	Hostname or IPv4 or IPv6 address of an NSX Manager and optional port
<username>	Manager API username
<thumbprint>	Manager API thumbprint
<password>	Manager API password

Example:

host-1> join management-plane 192.168.110.105 username admin thumbprint 898b75618e3e56615d53f987a720ff22b6381f4b85bec1eb973214ff7361f8b8 Password for API user: Node successfully joined

Mode:

Basic

Availability:

ESXi
KVM