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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onlab.onos.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.onos.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onlab.onos.cluster.ControllerNode;
+import org.onlab.onos.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onlab.onos.store.service.DatabaseAdminService;
+
+/**
+ * Removes a controller cluster node.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "tablet-remove",
+         description = "Removes a member from tablet")
+public class TabletRemoveCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "nodeId", description = "Node ID",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String nodeId = null;
+
+    // TODO add tablet name argument when we support multiple tablets
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        DatabaseAdminService service = get(DatabaseAdminService.class);
+        ClusterService clusterService = get(ClusterService.class);
+        ControllerNode node = clusterService.getNode(new NodeId(nodeId));
+        if (node != null) {
+            service.removeMember(node);
+        }
+    }
+}