Brocade(R) DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 FC Switch, 6520 FC Switch, 7800 and 7840 Extension Switch
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. - FIPS 140 #2513
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 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
- 2513
- 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
- December 24, 2015
- Versions
- {[DCX Backbone (P/Ns 80-1001064-10, 80-1006751-01, 80-1004920-04 and 80-1006752-01), DCX-4S Backbone (P/Ns 80-1002071-10, 80-1006773-01, 80-1002066-10 and 80-1006772-01), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004697-04, 80-1006963-01, 80-1005158-04 and 80-1006964-01), DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/Ns 80-1004917-04 and 80-1007025-01)] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1001070-07, 80-1006794-01, 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1002000-02, 80-1006771-01, 80-1001071-02, 80-1006750-01, 80-1005166-02, 80-1005187-02, 80-1001066-01, 80-1006936-01, 80-1001067-01, 80-1006779-01, 80-1001453-01, 80-1006823-01, 80-1003887-01, 80-1007000-01, 80-1002839-03, 80-1007017-01, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05), 6510 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1005232-03, 80-1005267-03, 80-1005268-03, 80-1005269-03, 80-1005271-03 and 80-1005272-03), 6520 FC Switch (P/Ns 80-1007245-03, 80-1007246-03, 80-1007242-03, 80-1007244-03, 80-1007257-03), 7800 Extension Switch (P/Ns 80-1002607-07, 80-1006977-02, 80-1002608-07, 80-1006980-02, 80-1002609-07 and 80-1006979-02), 7840 (P/N 80-1008000-01)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195; Fabric OS v7.3.0 (P/N 63-1001447-01)
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode and when tamper evident labels are installed on the initially built configuration as indicated in the Security Policy
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- ECDSA
- 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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