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Brocade® MLXe® and Brocade NetIron® CER 2000 Series Ethernet Routers

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2205 · Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode with the tamper evident labels installed and with the configurations in Tables 8 and 12 as defined in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2205
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsBR-MLXE-4-MR-M-AC, BR-MLXE-4-MR-M-DC, BR-MLXE-8-MR-M-AC, BR-MLXE-8-MR-M-DC, BR-MLXE-16-MR-M-AC, BR-MLXE-16-MR-M-DC, BR-MLXE-4-MR2-M-AC, BR-MLXE-4-MR2-M-DC, BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-AC, BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-DC, BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-AC, BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-DC, NI-CER-2048F-ADVPREM-AC, NI-CER-2048F-ADVPREM-DC, NI-CER-2048FX-ADVPREM-AC, NI-CER-2048FX-ADVPREM-DC, NI-CER-2024F-ADVPREM-AC, NI-CER-2024F-ADVPREM-DC, NI-CER-2024C-ADVPREM-AC, NI-CER-2024C-ADVPREM-DC, NI-CER-2048C-ADVPREM-AC, NI-CER-2048C-ADVPREM-DC, NI-CER-2048CX-ADVPREM-AC and NI-CER-2048CX-ADVPREM-DC with FIPS Kit (P/N Brocade XBR-000195) and NI-MLX-MR and BR-MLX-MR2-M Management Modules
Firmware versionsIronWare Release R05.3.00ea or IronWare Release R05.4.00cb

Module description

The Brocade MLXe series of core routers support IPv4, IPv6, MPLS and advanced Layer 2 switching. Ideally suited for service provider backbones, Metro Ethernet networks, ISPs, CDNs, IXPs, data centers, and distributed enterprises. The NetIron CER 2000 series 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) routers support copper and hybrid fiber configurations with two optional 10 GbE uplink ports. All the ports support forwarding IP and MPLS packets at wire speed without oversubscription. The routers support standard IPv4, IPv6 routing protocols, RIP/RIPng, OSPF/OSPFv3, IS-IS/IS-IS for IPv6, and BGP/BGP-MP for IPv6.

Security level exceptions

  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2359
DRBG301
DSA737
HMAC1462
RSA1217
SHS2031
Triple-DES1475

Other algorithms

DES; Diffie-Hellman (non-compliant); HMAC-MD5; HMAC-SHA-1-96; MD2; MD5; NDRNG; RC2; RC4; RSA (non-compliant); SNMPv3 KDF; SSH KDF; TLS KDF

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2014-07-09InitialLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab

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: 2014-07-09

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