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Brocade® ICX ™ 6610 and ICX 7450 Series

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2649 · Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Brocade® ICX ™ 6610 and ICX 7450 Series, from Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2649 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 with tamper evident labels installed and with configurations as defined in Table 5 of the Security Policy.

Certificate

Certificate number2649
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{ICX6610-24F-I (80-1005350-04), ICX6610-24F-E (80-1005345-04), ICX6610-24-I (80-1005348-05), ICX6610-24-E (80-1005343-05), ICX6610-24P-I (80-1005349-06), ICX6610-24P-E (80-1005344-06), ICX6610-48-I (80-1005351-05), ICX6610-48-E (80-1005346-05), ICX6610-48P-I (80-1005352-06), ICX6610-48P-E (80-1005347-06), ICX7450-24 (80-1008060-01), ICX7450-24P (80-1008061-01), ICX7450-48 (80-1008062-01), ICX7450-48P (80-1008063-01), ICX7450-48F (80-1008064-01), with Components (80-1005261-04; 80-1005259-04; 80-1005262-03; 80-1005260-03; 80-1007165-03; 80-1007166-03; 80-1008334-01; 80-1008333-01; 80-1008332-01; 80-1008331-01; 80-1008308-01; 80-1008309-01; 123400000829A-R01; 123400000830A-R01; 123400000833A-R01)} with FIPS Kit XBR-000195 (80-1002006-02)
Firmware versionsIronWare R08.0.30b

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The ICX 6610 series is an access layer Gigabit Ethernet switch designed from the ground up for the enterprise data center environment. The Brocade 7450 Switch delivers the performance and scalability required for enterprise Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) access deployments.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (10)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES1197, 1269, 1276, 2697, 2981, 2984, 3008, 3139, 3142, 3438
CVL161, 362, 386, 388, 390, 400
DRBG442, 569
DSA819, 887
HMAC1679, 1890
KBKDF36, 58
KTS
RSA1396, 1565
SHS2265, 2505
Triple-DES1617, 1764

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); MD5; NDRNG; HMAC-MD5; DES; DSA (non-compliant); Triple-DES (non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-05-27InitialAEGISOLVE, Inc.
2016-07-14UpdateAEGISOLVE, 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: 2016-05-27, 2016-07-14

Source documents