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Dell W-620 and W-650 Mobility Controllers with Dell AOS FIPS Firmware

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2344 · Dell, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-21

Dell W-620 and W-650 Mobility Controllers with Dell AOS FIPS Firmware, from Dell, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2344 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 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 number2344
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorDell, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsW-620-F1, W-620-USF1, W-650-F1 and W-650-USF1 with Aruba FIPS kit 4010061-01
Firmware versionsArubaOS 6.3.1.7-FIPS

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Dell W-Series 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 (10)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES779, 2677, 2680
CVL150, 152
DRBG433
ECDSA466, 469
HMAC426, 1663, 1666
KBKDF16
RNG1250
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
2015-04-08InitialLeidos 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: 2015-04-08

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