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Brocade DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones; 6510 FC Switch; and 7800 Extension Switch

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1796 · Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and when tamper evident labels are installed on the initially built configurations as indicated in the Security Policy.

Certificate

Certificate number1796
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions[6510 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1005232-02, 80-1005267-02, 80-1005268-02, 80-1005269-02, 80-1005271-02 and 80-1005272-02) [A,B], 7800 Extension Switch (P/Ns 80-1002607-06, 80-1002608-06 and 80-1002609-06) [A,B], [DCX Backbone (P/Ns 80-1001064-08, 80-1001064-09, 80-1004920-02 and 80-1004920-03), DCX-4S Backbone (P/Ns 80-1002071-08, 80-1002071-09, 80-1002066-08 and 80-1002066-09), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004697-02, 80-1004697-03, 80-1005158-02 and 80-1005158-03) and DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004917-02 and 80-1004917-03] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1001070-06 [A,B], 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1002000-02, 80-1001071-02, 80-1000696-01, 80-1005166-01, 80-1005187-01, 80-1001066-01, 80-1001067-01, 80-1001453-01, 80-1003887-01, 80-1002762-04, 80-1000233-10, 80-1002839-02, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05)] with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsFabric OS v7.0.0b (P/N 63-1000968-01) [A] or Fabric OS v7.0.0b1 (P/N 63-1001098-01) [B]

Module description

The Brocade« DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones and the 6510 Switch provide a reliable, scalable Fibre Channel switching infrastructure with market-leading 16 Gbps technology and capabilities that support demanding, enterprise-class private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments. The Brocade 7800 Extension Switch provides fast, reliable WAN/MAN connectivity for remote data replication, backup, and migration with Fibre Channel and advanced Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) technology.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES731, 1595, 1596
HMAC397, 933, 934
RNG426, 854
RSA778, 779, 1048, 1049
SHS749, 1407, 1408
Triple-DES652, 1043

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 80 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 bit of encryption strength; non-compliant); HMAC-MD5; MD5; NDRNG; BF; CAST; CAST5; DES; DES3; DESX; RC2; RC2-40; RC2-64; RC4; RC4-40; MD2; MD4; RMD160; AES128-CTR (non-compliant); AES192-CTR (non-compliant); AES256-CTR (non-compliant); ARCFOUR256; ARCFOUR128; AES128-CBC (non-compliant); 3DES-CBC (non-compliant); BLOWFISH-CBC; CAST128-CBC; AES192-CBC (non-compliant); AES256-CBC (non-compliant); ARCFOUR; UMAC-64; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-SHA1-96 (non-compliant); HMAC-MD5-96

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2012-08-31InitialAEGISOLVE, Inc.

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2012-08-31

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