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Brocade VDX 6740, VDX 6740T, VDX 6940 and VDX 8770 Switches

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2770 · 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 tamper evident labels installed and with the configurations in Tables 2, 3, 4 and 5 as defined in the Security Policy. The protocol SNMP shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number2770
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{[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-F (80-1007520-01) and BR-VDX6740-64-R (80-1007521-01)], [BR-VDX6740T-24-F (80-1007273-01), BR-VDX6740T-24-R (80-1007274-01), BR-VDX6740T-48-F (80-1007485-01), BR-VDX6740T-48-R (80-1007487-01), BR-VDX6740T-64-F (80-1007522-01), BR-VDX6740T-64-R (80-1007523-01), BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-R (80-1007863-03) and BR-VDX6740T-56-1G-F (80-1007864-03)], [BR-VDX6940-24Q-AC-F (80-1008854-01), BR-VDX6940-24Q-AC-R (80-1008855-01), BR-VDX6940-36Q-AC-F (80-1008851-01), BR-VDX6940-36Q-AC-R (80-1008850-01), BR-VDX6940-64S-AC-F (80-1008529-01), BR-VDX6940-64S-AC-R (80-1008526-01), BR-VDX6940-96S-AC-F (80-1008530-01), BR-VDX6940-96S-AC-R (80-1008527-01), BR-VDX6940-144S-AC-F (80-1008531-01), BR-VDX6940-144S-AC-R (80-1008528-01)], [BR-VDX8770-4-BND-AC (80-1005850-02), BR-VDX8770-4-BND-DC (80-1006532-03), BR-VDX8770-8-BND-AC (80-1005905-02) and BR-VDX8770-8-BND-DC (80-1006533-03)] with FRUs (80-1006430-01, 80-1006295-01, 80-1006294-02, 80-1006293-02, 80-1006048-02, 80-1006431-01, 80-1006429-01)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195 (80-1002006-02)
Firmware versionsNetwork OS (NOS) v6.0.2 P/N: 63-1001691-01

Module description

The Brocade VDX 6740 and VDX 6740T are fixed form factor VCS enabled 10 GbE / 40 GbE fabric switch for Top of the Rack (TOR) fabric deployments. The Brocade VDX 6940 switches are fixed form factor VCS enabled 10 GbE / 40 GbE fabric switch for high density 10GbE switch for the TOR or Middle of the Row (MOR) or for End of the Row (EOR) configurations. The Brocade VDX 8770 Switch is designed to scale out Brocade VCS Fabrics (VCS) and support complex environments with dense virtualization and dynamic automation requirements.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3544
CVL600, 601
DRBG901
ECDSA722
HMAC2264
RSA1826
SHS2924
Triple-DES1985

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #600, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); HMAC-MD5; MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); ARCFOUR; BLOWFISH; CAST; CAST5; DES; DES3; DESX; HMAC-MD5-96; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-SHA-1-96 (non-compliant); MD2; MD4; RC2; RC4; RMD160; SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); UMAC-64

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-10-17InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2016-10-17

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