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Brocade(R) 7840 Extension Switch

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2538 · 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 and when tamper evident labels are installed as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2538
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{7840 Extension Switch (P/N 80-1008000-01)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsFabric OS v7.4.0 (P/N 51-1001672-01)

Module description

The Brocade 7840 Extension Switch provides fast, reliable WN/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

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2892, 3130, 3132
CVL318, 319, 396
DRBG635, 672
ECDSA522
HMAC1828, 1952
RSA1522
SHS2435, 2571
Triple-DES1723

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); SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-SHA1-96 (non-compliant); HMAC-MD5; HMAC-MD5-96; DES; DES3; DESX; RC2; RC4; NDRNG; MD2; MD4; MD5; ARCFOUR; BF; CAST; RIPEMD160; UMAC-64; EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #311, #318 and #320, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); AES (non-compliant); IKEv2 KDF (non-compliant); SHA-1 (non-compliant); SHA-256 (non-compliant); HMAC-SHA-512 (non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-01-19InitialAEGISOLVE, Inc.
2016-07-19UpdateAEGISOLVE, 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: 2016-01-19, 2016-07-19

Source documents