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Brocade® MLXe®, Brocade® NetIron® CER 2000 Ethernet Routers and Brocade CES 2000 Routers and Switches

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2381 · 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, 13 and 17 in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2381
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{[BR-MLXE-4-MR-M-AC (P/N: 80-1006853-01), BR-MLXE-4-MR-M-DC (P/N: 80-1006854-01), BR-MLXE-8-MR-M-AC (P/N: 80-1004809-04), BR-MLXE-8-MR-M-DC (P/N: 80-1004811-04), BR-MLXE-16-MR-M-AC (P/N: 80-1006820-02), BR-MLXE-16-MR-M-DC (P/N: 80-1006822-02), BR-MLXE-4-MR2-M-AC (P/N: 80-1006870-01), BR-MLXE-4-MR2-M-DC (P/N: 80-1006872-01), BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-AC (P/N: 80-1007225-01), BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-DC (P/N: 80-1007226-01), BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-AC (P/N: 80-1006827-02), BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-DC (P/N: 80-1006828-02)] with Component P/Ns 80-1006778-01, 80-1005643-01, 80-1003891-02, 80-1002983-01,80-1003971-01,80-1003972-01, 80-1003811-02, 80-1002756-03, 80-1004114-01,80-1004113-01,80-1004112-01, 80-1004760-02, 80-1006511-02, 80-1004757-02, 80-1003009-01, 80-1003052-01, 80-1003053-01, NI-CER-2048F-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1003769-07), NI-CER-2048F-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1003770-08), NI-CER-2048FX-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1003771-07), NI-CER-2048FX-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1003772-08), NI-CER-2024F-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1006902-02), NI-CER-2024F-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1006904-02), NI-CER-2024C-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1007032-02), NI-CER-2024C-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1007034-02), NI-CER-2048C-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1007039-02), NI-CER-2048C-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1007040-02), NI-CER-2048CX-ADVPREM-AC (P/N: 80-1007041-02), NI-CER-2048CX-ADVPREM-DC (P/N: 80-1007042-02), BR-CER-2024F-4X-RT-DC (P/N: 80-1007212-01), BR-CER-2024C-4X-RT-DC (P/N: 80-1007213-01), BR-CER-2024F-4X-RT-AC (P/N: 80-1006529-01), BR-CER-2024C-4X-RT-AC (P/N: 80-1006530-01), NI-CER-2024C-2X10G (P/N: 80-1003719-03), BR-CES-2024C-4X-AC (P/N: 80-1000077-01), BR-CES-2024C-4X-DC (P/N: 80-1007215-01), BR-CES-2024F-4X-AC (P/N: 80-1000037-01), BR-CES-2024F-4X-DC (P/N: 80-1007214-01), RPS9 (P/N: 80-1003868-01) and RPS9DC (P/N: 80-1003869-02)} with FIPS Kit XBR-000195
Firmware versionsMulti-Service IronWare R05.7.00

Module description

The Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series is a family of compact routers that are purpose-built for high-performance Ethernet edge routing and MPLS applications. The Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series of switches provides IP routing and advanced Carrier Ethernet capabilities in a compact form factor. The Brocade MLXe Series routers feature industry-leading 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10 GbE, and 1 GbE wire-speed density.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2715, 2716, 2717
CVL173, 174, 175
DRBG452, 453, 454
DSA832, 833, 834
HMAC1694, 1695, 1696
RSA1411, 1412, 1413
SHS2280, 2281, 2282
Triple-DES1632, 1633, 1634

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); NDRNG; HMAC-MD5; MD5; RC2; RC4; DES; MD2

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-05-21InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2015-05-21

Source documents