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Brocade® DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 FC Switch, 6520 FC Switch and 7800 Extension Switch

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2295 · Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-13

Brocade® DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 FC Switch, 6520 FC Switch and 7800 Extension Switch, from Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2295 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

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 and when tamper evident labels are installed on the initially built configuration as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2295
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{[DCX Backbone (P/Ns 80-1001064-10, 80-1006751-01, 80-1004920-04 and 80-1006752-01), DCX-4S Backbone (P/Ns 80-1002071-10, 80-1006773-01, 80-1002066-10 and 80-1006772-01), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004697-04, 80-1006963-01, 80-1005158-04 and 80-1006964-01), DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004917-04 and 80-1007025-01)] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1001070-07, 80-1006794-01, 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1002000-02, 80-1006771-01, 80-1001071-02, 80-1006750-01, 80-1005166-02, 80-1005187-02, 80-1001066-01, 80-1006936-01, 80-1001067-01, 80-1006779-01, 80-1001453-01, 80-1006823-01, 80-1003887-01, 80-1007000-01, 80-1002762-04, 80-1006991-01, 80-1002839-03, 80-1007017-01, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05), 6510 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1005232-03, 80-1005267-03, 80-1005268-03, 80-1005269-03, 80-1005271-03 and 80-1005272-03), 6520 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1007245-03, 80-1007246-03, 80-1007242-03, 80-1007244-03, 80-1007257-03), 7800 Extension Switch (P/Ns 80-1002607-07, 80-1006977-02, 80-1002608-07, 80-1006980-02, 80-1002609-07 and 80-1006979-02)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsFabric OS v7.2.0 (P/N 63-1001405-01)

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Brocade DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones and the 6510 and 6520 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.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (2)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
RSA1048, 1049, 1279, 1281
SHS749, 1408

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); SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); HMAC-MD5; NDRNG; TLSv1.0 KDF (non-compliant); SSHv2 KDF (non-compliant); MD5; RADIUS PEAP MS-CHAP V2; AES (non-compliant); HMAC (non-compliant); RNG (non-compliant); Triple-DES (non-compliant); RSA (non-compliant); BF; CAST; CAST5; DES; DES3; DESX; RC2; RC4; MD2; MD4; MD5; RMD160; ARCFOUR BLOWFISH-CBC; CAST128; UMAC-64; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-SHA-1-96; HMAC-MD5-96

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2014-12-12InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2014-12-12

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