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Aruba 620 and 650 Mobility Controllers with ArubaOS FIPS Firmware

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2221 · Hewlett Packard®, Enterprise · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. 186-2 transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode with tamper evident labels installed as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2221
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorHewlett Packard®, Enterprise · website
Hardware versionsAruba 620-F1, Aruba 620-USF1, Aruba 650-F1 and Aruba 650-USF1 with FIPS kit 4011570-01
Firmware versionsArubaOS 6.4.4-FIPS

Module description

Aruba's family of Mobility Controllers are network infrastructure devices providing secure, scalable solutions for enterprise Wi-Fi, network security policy enforcement, VPN services, and wireless intrusion detection and prevention. Mobility controllers serve as central points of authentication, encryption, access control, and network coordination for all mobile network services.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES779, 2677, 2680
CVL150, 152
DRBG433
ECDSA466, 469
HMAC426, 1663, 1666
KBKDF16
RSA1376, 1379, 1380
SHS781, 2246, 2249, 2250
Triple-DES673, 1605, 1607

Other algorithms

DES; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 128 or 192 bits of encryption strength); HMAC-MD5; MD5; NDRNG; RC4; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2014-08-07InitialLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
2015-02-20UpdateLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
2016-01-20UpdateLeidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab

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: 2014-08-07, 2015-02-20, 2016-01-20

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