md5sum & sha512sum verification on Nexus switch running with 9.3.11

[Yuvi1983]

Hi All, 

I am having the issues while verifying the md5sum & sha512sum on the Nexus switch C93108TC-EX  running with 9.3.11

sw01# show file bootflash:nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin md5sum
Error: /bootflash/nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin: Value too large for defined data type

Also the "verify /md5 bootflash:nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin" command deprecated . 

Any idea how i can validate the file? file sums?  

Thanks & Best Regards

Yuvaraj Karvekar

[Enes Simnica]

hello G. 

For Nexus switches running NX-OS 9.3.x, the recommended method to verify file integrity is to use the built in file verification command: show file bootflash:nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin verify, 

the other alternative is using the linux shell: run bas
cd /bootflash
sha512sum nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin
md5sum nxos64-cs.10.3.6.M.bin
ex

so yeah for sure the error u're encountering usually occurs with very large files (over 2GB) due to 32-bit integer limitations. Additionally, Cisco has deprecated the older verify /md5 command in newer NX-OS versions. It's always recommended to cross-check the generated hashes with the official checksums provided on Cisco's download page.

hope it helps G

-Enes

[MarianSK]

Hi, we have the same issue, looks like a bug -> https://bst.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCwf32297