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Brocade VDX 6740, VDX 6740T and VDX 8770 Switches

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2516 · 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 with the tamper evident seals installed as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2516
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{[BR-VDX8770-4-BND-AC (80-1005850-02), BR-VDX8770-4-BND-DC (80-1006532-03), BR-VDX8770-8-BND-AC (80-1005905-02), BR-VDX8770-8-BND-DC (80-1006533-03)] with FRUs (80-1006540-01, 80-1006539-02, 80-1006430-01, 80-1006080-01, 80-1006295-01, 80-1006294-02, 80-1006431-01 and 80-1006429-01), BR-VDX6740-24-F (80-1007295-01), BR-VDX6740-24-R (80-1007294-01), BR-VDX6740-48-F (80-1007483-01), BR-VDX6740-48-R (80-1007481-01), BR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-F (80-1007484-01), BR-VDX6740-64-ALLSW-R (80-1007482-01), BR-VDX6740T-24-F (80-1007273-01), BR-VDX6740T-24-R (80-1007274-01), BR-VDX6740T-48-F (80-1007485-01), BR-VDX-6740T-48-R (80-1007487-01), BR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-F (80-1007486-01), BR-VDX6740T-64-ALLSW-R (80-1007488-01), BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-R (80-1007863-03) and BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-F (80-1007864-03)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsNetwork OS (NOS) v5.0.0 P/N: 63-1001501-01

Module description

The Brocade VDX 8770 Switch is designed to scale out Brocade VCS fabrics and support complex environments with dense virtualization and dynamic automation requirements. The Brocade VDX 6740 and VDX 6740T are a next generation fixed form factor VCS enabled 10 Gb/40 Gb Ethernet fabric switch for ToR fabric deployments.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2937
CVL338
EC Diffie-Hellman
ECDSA530
HMAC1861
RNG1296
RSA1540
SHS2473
Triple-DES1745

Other algorithms

RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); AES (non-compliant); CAST; CAST5; DES; DES3; DESX; RC2; RC4; MD2; MD4; RMD160; Triple-DES (non-compliant); BLOWFISH; CAST128; ARCFOUR; HMAC-MD5; HMAC-SHA-1 (non-compliant); UMAC-64; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-SHA-1-96 (non-compliant); HMAC-MD5-96; SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); SHA-1 (non-compliant); MD5; SHA-256 (non-compliant); NDRNG; EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #337, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-12-29InitialAEGISOLVE, Inc.
2016-01-26UpdateAEGISOLVE, 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: 2015-12-29, 2016-01-26

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