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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #2384

Details

Module Name
Brocade® DCX, DCX 8510-8, DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones, 6510 FC Switch, 6520 FC Switch and 7800 Extension Switch
Standard
FIPS 140-2
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Overall Level
2
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode with the tamper evident labels installed and with the configurations in Tables 2, 3 and 5 as defined in the Security Policy
Security Level Exceptions
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Module Type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-chip standalone
Description
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.
Approved Algorithms
AES Certs. #731, #1595 and #1596
CVL Certs. #157 and #158
HMAC Certs. #397, #933 and #934
RNG Certs. #1252 and #1253
RSA Certs. #1389 and #1390
SHS Certs. #749, #1407 and #1408
Triple-DES Certs. #652 and #1043
Other Algorithms
RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bit of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); HMAC-MD5; MD5; NDRNG; SNMPv3 KDF (non-compliant); BF; CAST; CAST5; DES; DES3; DESX; RC2; RC4; MD2; MD4; RMD160; BLOWFISH-CBC; CAST128; ARCFOUR; UMAC-64; HMAC-RIPEMD160; HMAC-MD5-96; HMAC-SHA-1-96 (non-compliant)
Hardware 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)} with FIPS Kit P/N Brocade XBR-000195
Firmware Versions
Fabric OS v7.2.1 (P/N 63-1001421-01)

Vendor

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
130 Holger Way
San Jose, CA 95134
USA

Christopher Marks
marksc@brocade.com
Phone: 408-333-0480
Fax: 408-333-8101

Validation History

Date Type Lab
5/21/2015 Initial ÆGISOLVE