FIPS 140-2 certificate 2316: NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family

Certificate

Certificate number	2316
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Status	historical
Overall level	3
Module type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-chip embedded
Vendor	Cavium Networks · website
Hardware versions	P/Ns CN1610-NFBE1-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE1-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE3-3.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1610-NFBE1-2.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE1-2.0-FW-2.2-G, CN1620-NFBE3-2.0-FW-2.2-G and FN1620‐NFBE2‐G
Firmware versions	CN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.2-130013 and CN16XX-NFBE-FW-2.2-130014

Module description

The NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM adapter family delivers the world's fastest FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Hardware Security Module (HSM) with PCIe Gen 2.0. The NITROX XL family of adapters offers up to 9000 RSA 2k-bit operations per second and 5 Gbps of bulk crypto.

Security level exceptions

Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

Algorithm	CAVP certificate
AES	1265, 1266, 2899
CVL	166
DRBG	32
DSA	474
ECDSA	150, 188
HMAC	443, 736, 1677
KAS	5
KTS
RSA	607, 742
SHS	801, 1166, 1379
Triple-DES	898

Other algorithms

MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength)

Validation history

Date	Type	Lab
2015-01-21	Initial	UL Verification Services, Inc.
2015-07-23	Update	UL Verification Services, Inc.
2015-12-04	Update	UL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-06-10	Update	UL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-06-24	Update	UL Verification Services, Inc.
2018-03-29	Update	UL Verification Services, Inc.

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: 2015-01-21, 2015-07-23, 2015-12-04, 2016-06-10, 2016-06-24, 2018-03-29

NITROX XL 1600-NFBE HSM Family