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Huawei S5720-SI & S5720-LI Series Switches

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2972 · Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · data as of 2026-10-21

Huawei S5720-SI & S5720-LI Series Switches, from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2972 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. SP 800-56Arev3 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 and external baffles installed as indicated in the Security Policy. The protocol SNMP shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy (applies to S5720-52X-LI-AC, S5720-28X-PWR-LI-AC, S5720-12TP-LI-AC and S5720-12TP-PWR-LI-AC).

Certificate

Certificate number2972
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · website
Hardware versionsS5720-12TP-LI-AC P/N 98010567 Version E.3 with [1 and 2], S5720-12TP-PWR-LI-AC P/N 98010570 Version D.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-LI-24S-AC P/N 98010629 Version D.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-LI-AC P/N 98010581 Version C.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-PWR-LI-AC P/N 98010593 Version C.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-PWR-SI-AC P/N 02350DLW Version E.3 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-SI-24S-AC P/N 98010625 Version C.22 with [1 and 2], S5720-28X-SI-AC P/N 02350DLT Version E.3 with [1 and 2], S5720-52P-LI-AC P/N 98010600 Version C.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-52P-PWR-LI-AC P/N 98010612 Version C.2 with [1], S5720-52P-SI-AC P/N 02350DLU Version E.3 with [1 and 2], S5720-52X-LI-AC P/N 98010606 Version D.2 with [1 and 2], S5720-52X-PWR-LI-AC P/N 98010619 Version C.2 with [1], S5720-52X-PWR-SI-AC P/N 02350DLX Version E.3 with [1 and 2], S5720-52X-SI-AC P/N 02350DLV Version E.3 with [1 and 2]; Tamper Seals P/N 4057-113016 [1] and External Baffle P/N 99089JEB [2]
Firmware versionsV200R010C00SPC900B900

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The S5720 series Ethernet switches are next-generation energy-saving switches developed by Huawei to meet the demand for high-bandwidth access and Ethernet multi-service aggregation. Based on cutting-edge hardware and Huawei Versatile Routing Platform (VRP) software, the S5720 provides a large switching capacity, high reliability (double power slots and hardware Ethernet OAM), and high-density GE ports to accommodate 10 Gbit/s upstream transmissions. The S5720 is available in a lite (LI) series, a standard (SI) series, an enhanced (EI) series, and a hyper (HI) series.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (11)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES4400
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL1107
DRBG1418
DSA1175
ECDSA1057
HMAC2924
KTS
RSA2380
SHS3627
Triple-DES2372

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-07-27InitialUL Verification Services, 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: 2017-07-27

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