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However, these changes are backward-compatible and do not affect existing behavior; meaning, you can still use the ip http

source- interface command to communicate with a particular interface even if no VRF is configured on that interface

NOTE: If the HTTP service is not VRF-aware, then it uses the global routing table to perform the look-up.

To enable an HTTP client to look up the VRF table corresponding to either management VRF or any nondefault VRF, use the ip

http vrf command in CONFIGURATION mode.

● Configure an HTTP client with a VRF that is used to connect to the HTTP server.

CONFIGURATION MODE

DellEMC(conf)#ip http vrf {management | <vrf-name>}

Verify Software Images Before Installation

To validate the software image on the flash drive, you can use the MD5 message-digest algorithm or SHA256 Secure Hash

Algorithm, after the image is transferred to the system but before the image is installed. The validation calculates a hash value

of the downloaded image file on system’s flash drive, and, optionally, compares it to a Dell EMC Networking published hash for

that file.

The MD5 or SHA256 hash provides a method of validating that you have downloaded the original software. Calculating the

hash on the local image file and comparing the result to the hash published for that file on iSupport provides a high level

of confidence that the local copy is exactly the same as the published software image. This validation procedure, and the

verify {md5 | sha256} command to support it, prevents the installation of corrupted or modified images.

The verify {md5 | sha256} command calculates and displays the hash of any file on the specified local flash drive. You

can compare the displayed hash against the appropriate hash published on iSupport. Optionally, you can include the published

hash in the verify {md5 | sha256} command, which displays whether it matches the calculated hash of the indicated file.

To validate a software image:

1. Download Dell EMC Networking OS software image file from the iSupport page to the local (FTP or TFTP) server. The

published hash for that file displays next to the software image file on the iSupport page.

2. Go on to the Dell EMC Networking system and copy the software image to the flash drive, using the copy command.

3. Run the verify {md5 | sha256} [ flash://]img-file [hash-value] command. For example, verify

sha256 flash://FTOS-SE-9.5.0.0.bin

4. Compare the generated hash value to the expected hash value published on the iSupport page.

To validate the software image on the flash drive after the image is transferred to the system, but before you install the image,

use the verify {md5 | sha256} [ flash://]img-file [hash-value] command in EXEC mode.

● md5: MD5 message-digest algorithm

● sha256: SHA256 Secure Hash Algorithm

● flash: (Optional) Specifies the flash drive. The default uses the flash drive. You can enter the image file name.

●

hash-value: (Optional). Specify the relevant hash published on iSupport.

● img-file: Enter the name of the Dell EMC Networking software image file to validate

Examples: Without Entering the Hash Value for Verification

MD5

DellEMC# verify md5 flash:file-name

SHA256

DellEMC# verify sha256 flash://file-name

Examples: Entering the Hash Value for Verification

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