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Brocade® DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 and 6520 FC Switches, and 7800 Extension Switch

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2865 · 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. The protocol SNMP shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number2865
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{6510 FC Switch (P/N 80-1005272-03) with FRU (P/N 80-1001304-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1005356-02), 6520 FC Switch (P/N 80-1007257-03) with FRUs (P/Ns 80-1007263-01 and 80-1004580-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1007272-01), 7800 Extension Switch (P/N 80-1006977-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1002820-02); [DCX Backbone (P/N 80-1006752-01), DCX-4S Backbone (P/N 80-1006772-01), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/N 80-1006964-01), DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/N 80-1007025-01)] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1006794-01, 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1006771-01, 80-1006750-01, 80-1005166-02, 80-1005187-02, 80-1006936-01, 80-1006779-01, 80-1006823-01, 80-1007000-01, 80-1007017-01, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsFabric OS v7.4.0 (P/N 51-1001672-01)

Module description

The Brocade DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones and the 6510 and 6520 Switch provide a reliable, scalable Fibre Channel switching infrastructure with market-leading 16 Gbps technology and capabilities that support demanding, enterprise-class private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments. The Brocade 7800 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
AES2876, 2893
CVL311, 312, 320, 321
DRBG670, 671
ECDSA942, 943
HMAC1814, 1829
RSA2234, 2235
SHS2417, 2436
Triple-DES1719, 1724

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 Certs. #311 and #320, 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; DES; DES3; DESX; HMAC-MD5-96; HMAC-SHA1-96 (non-compliant); HMAC-RIPEMD160; MD2; MD4; RC2; RC4; RIPEMD160; SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); UMAC-64

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-03-21InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2017-03-21

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