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HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator Firmware

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2587 · Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as indicated in the Security Policy in Section 3

Certificate

Certificate number2587
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeFirmware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP · website
Firmware versions4.40

Module description

The module provides administrative control of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures. The cryptographic functions of the module provide security for administrative access via HTTPS and SSH, and to administrative commands for the BladeSystem enclosure.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3333
CVL487
DRBG780
HMAC2124
RSA1712
SHS2766, 2767, 2768
Triple-DES1903

Other algorithms

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

Tested configurations

  • BladeSystem c3000 Dual DDR2 Onboard Administrator enclosure
  • BladeSystem c3000 Tray with Embedded DDR2 Onboard Administrator enclosure
  • BladeSystem c7000 DDR2 Onboard Administrator with KVM option enclosure

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-03-21InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants 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: 2016-03-21

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