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Brocade® 7840 Extension Switch

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3135 · 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 configured and initialized as per Section 3.1 of the Security Policy and when operated in FIPS mode with tamper evident labels installed as indicated in Appendix A. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3135
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorBrocade Communications Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions{7840 Extension Switch (P/N 80-1008000-01) with FRUs (80-1004580-02 and 80-1007263-01)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware versionsFabric OS v8.1.0 (P/N 63-1001736-01)

Module description

The Brocade 7840 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
AES4116, 4145, 4242
CVL923, 924, 987, 988, 989
DRBG1239, 1321
DSA1132
ECDSA934, 982
HMAC2688, 2780
RSA2288
SHS3386, 3479

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #987 with CVL Cert. #988, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #987 with CVL Cert. #988, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #989 with CVL Cert. #988, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #923 with CVL Cert. #924, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 192 bits of encryption strength); HMAC-MD5; MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2018-02-22InitialAEGISOLVE, 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: 2018-02-22

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