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Brocade® MLXe® Series Ethernet Routers

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3085 · Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
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 with the tamper evident labels installed and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3085
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{[BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-AC (80-1007225-01), BR-MLXE-8-MR2-M-DC (80-1007226-01), BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-AC (80-1006827-02), BR-MLXE-16-MR2-M-DC (80-1006828-02), BR-MLXE-32-MR2-M-AC (80-1007253-04), BR-MLXE-32-MR2-M-DC (80-1007254-05), BR-MLXE-4-MR2-X-AC (80-1006874-03), BR-MLXE-4-MR2-X-DC (80-1006875-03), BR-MLXE-32-MR2-X-AC (80-1007255-04), BR-MLXE-32-MR2-X-DC (80-1007256-05)] with Component P/Ns 80-1005643-01, 80-1005644-03, 80-1005641-02, 80-1005642-03, 80-1007878-02, 80-1007911-02, 80-1008426-01, 80-1008427-02, 80-1007879-02, 80-1008425-01, 80-1008424-01, 80-1003891-02, 80-1002983-01, 80-1008686-01, 80-1003971-01, 80-1003969-02, 80-1003972-01, 80-1003970-03, 80-1004114-01, 80-1004113-01, 80-1004112-01, 80-1004469-01, 80-1004760-02, 80-1006511-02, 80-1004757-02, 80-1003009-01, 80-1003052-01, 80-1003053-01 (as described in Security Policy, Table 13)} with FIPS Kit XBR-000195
Firmware versionsMulti-Service IronWare R06.0.00aa

Module description

Brocade MLXe Series routers feature industry-leading Gigabit Ethernet ports with wire-speed density; advanced Layer 2 switching; rich IPv4, IPv6, Multi-VRF, MPLS, L2/L3 Virtual Private Networks (VPN), IKEv2/IPsec and PHY based MACsec capabilities without compromising performance.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1648, 2154, 2717, 2946, 3144, 3478
CVL175, 393, 404, 712, 713, 1029
DRBG454, 684
ECDSA761, 809
HMAC1696, 2848
KBKDF35
KTS
KTS
RSA1413
SHS934, 2282

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #712, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #713, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 or 192 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
2017-12-19InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2017-12-19

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