diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/cisconexusvsm_commands.properties.in b/client/tomcatconf/cisconexusvsm_commands.properties.in
index 05939bbebc2..258f3580e4e 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/cisconexusvsm_commands.properties.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/cisconexusvsm_commands.properties.in
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 addCiscoNexusVSM = com.cloud.api.commands.AddCiscoNexusVSMCmd;7
 deleteCiscoNexusVSM = com.cloud.api.commands.DeleteCiscoNexusVSMCmd;7
 enableCiscoNexusVSM = com.cloud.api.commands.EnableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;7
-disableCiscoNexusVSM = com.cloud.api.commands.DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;7
\ No newline at end of file
+disableCiscoNexusVSM = com.cloud.api.commands.DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;7
+getCiscoVSMByClusterId = com.cloud.api.commands.GetCiscoVSMByClusterIdCmd;7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl.java
index 63512aa0f96..ff8da40f60d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl.java
@@ -303,6 +303,18 @@ public abstract class CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl extends AdapterBase {
         return true;
     }
     
+    @DB
+    public CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO getCiscoVSMbyClusId(long clusterId) {
+    	ClusterVSMMapVO mapVO = _clusterVSMDao.findByClusterId(clusterId);
+    	if (mapVO == null) {
+    		s_logger.info("Couldn't find a VSM associated with the specified cluster Id");
+    		return null;
+    	}
+    	// Else, pull out the VSM associated with the VSM id in mapVO.
+    	CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO result = _ciscoNexusVSMDeviceDao.findById(mapVO.getVsmId());
+    	return result;
+    }
+    
     public HostVO createHostVOForConnectedAgent(HostVO host, StartupCommand[] cmd) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         return null;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElement.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElement.java
index 870691feca9..d9e7df2a3a5 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElement.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElement.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.commands.DeleteCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.ListCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.EnableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
+import com.cloud.api.commands.GetCiscoVSMByClusterIdCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.response.CiscoNexusVSMResponse;
 import com.cloud.configuration.ConfigurationManager;
 import com.cloud.configuration.dao.ConfigurationDao;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDetailsDao;
 import com.cloud.network.CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO;
+import com.cloud.dc.ClusterVSMMapVO;
 import com.cloud.network.CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl;
 import com.cloud.network.Network;
 import com.cloud.network.NetworkManager;
@@ -213,6 +215,12 @@ public class CiscoNexusVSMElement extends CiscoNexusVSMDeviceManagerImpl impleme
     	return result;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO getCiscoNexusVSMByClusId(GetCiscoVSMByClusterIdCmd cmd) {
+    	CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO result = getCiscoVSMbyClusId(cmd.getClusterId());
+    	return result;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public List<CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO> listCiscoNexusVSMs(ListCiscoNexusVSMCmd cmd) {
     	return null;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElementService.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElementService.java
index a9b8676c2b9..a0bf1dd767c 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElementService.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/element/CiscoNexusVSMElementService.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.commands.AddCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.DeleteCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.EnableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
+import com.cloud.api.commands.GetCiscoVSMByClusterIdCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.commands.ListCiscoNexusVSMCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.response.CiscoNexusVSMResponse;
 import com.cloud.network.CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO;
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ public interface CiscoNexusVSMElementService extends PluggableService {
      */
     public boolean disableCiscoNexusVSM(DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd cmd);
     
+    /**
+     * Returns a VSM associated with a cluster.
+     * @param cmd
+     * @return
+     */
+    public CiscoNexusVSMDeviceVO getCiscoNexusVSMByClusId(GetCiscoVSMByClusterIdCmd cmd); 
+    
     /**
      * creates API response object for Cisco Nexus VSMs
      * @param vsmDeviceVO VSM VO object