Brocade DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones; 6510 FC Switch; and 7800 Extension Switch
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. - FIPS 140 #1796
The Brocade« DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones and the 6510 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 WAN/MAN connectivity for remote data replication, backup, and migration with Fibre Channel and advanced Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) technology.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 1796
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- AEGISOLVE, Inc.
- First validated
- August 31, 2012
- Versions
- [6510 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1005232-02, 80-1005267-02, 80-1005268-02, 80-1005269-02, 80-1005271-02 and 80-1005272-02) [A,B], 7800 Extension Switch (P/Ns 80-1002607-06, 80-1002608-06 and 80-1002609-06) [A,B], [DCX Backbone (P/Ns 80-1001064-08, 80-1001064-09, 80-1004920-02 and 80-1004920-03), DCX-4S Backbone (P/Ns 80-1002071-08, 80-1002071-09, 80-1002066-08 and 80-1002066-09), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004697-02, 80-1004697-03, 80-1005158-02 and 80-1005158-03) and DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004917-02 and 80-1004917-03] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1001070-06 [A,B], 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1002000-02, 80-1001071-02, 80-1000696-01, 80-1005166-01, 80-1005187-01, 80-1001066-01, 80-1001067-01, 80-1001453-01, 80-1003887-01, 80-1002762-04, 80-1000233-10, 80-1002839-02, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05)] with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195; Fabric OS v7.0.0b (P/N 63-1000968-01) [A] or Fabric OS v7.0.0b1 (P/N 63-1001098-01) [B]
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode and when tamper evident labels are installed on the initially built configurations as indicated in the Security Policy.
Algorithms
- AES
- HMAC
- RNG
- RSA
- SHS
- Triple-DES
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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