Brocade® DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 and 6520 FC Switches, and 7800 Extension Switch
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. - FIPS 140 #2865
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 WN/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
- 2865
- 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
- March 21, 2017
- Versions
- {6510 FC Switch (P/N 80-1005272-03) with FRU (P/N 80-1001304-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1005356-02), 6520 FC Switch (P/N 80-1007257-03) with FRUs (P/Ns 80-1007263-01 and 80-1004580-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1007272-01), 7800 Extension Switch (P/N 80-1006977-02) with Software License (P/N 80-1002820-02); [DCX Backbone (P/N 80-1006752-01), DCX-4S Backbone (P/N 80-1006772-01), DCX 8510-4 Backbone (P/N 80-1006964-01), DCX 8510-8 Backbone (P/N 80-1007025-01)] with Blades (P/Ns 80-1006794-01, 80-1004897-01, 80-1004898-01, 80-1006771-01, 80-1006750-01, 80-1005166-02, 80-1005187-02, 80-1006936-01, 80-1006779-01, 80-1006823-01, 80-1007000-01, 80-1007017-01, 49-1000016-04, 49-1000064-02 and 49-1000294-05)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195; Fabric OS v7.4.0 (P/N 51-1001672-01)
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode and when tamper evident labels are installed as indicated in the Security Policy. The protocol SNMP shall not be used when operated in FIPS mode
Algorithms
- AES
- CVL
- DRBG
- ECDSA
- HMAC
- 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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