HPE LTO-6 Tape Drive: FIPS 140-2 cert #2867

HPE LTO-6 Tape Drive, from Hewlett Packard®, Enterprise, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2867 at overall level 1. 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.

Certificate

Certificate number	2867
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Status	historical
Overall level	1
Module type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Vendor	Hewlett Packard®, Enterprise · website
Hardware versions	P/Ns AQ278A #912 [1], AQ288D #103 [2] and AQ298C #103 [3]
Firmware versions	J5SW [1], 35PW [2] and 25MW [3]

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

HP LTO-6 tape drives help to keep pace with data growth with up to 6.25TB compressed data storage per cartridge and capable of compressed data transfer rates of up to 400MB/sec. Ground breaking LTFS technology makes LTO-6 tapes as easy to use as disk and enables easy file access, reliable long term archive retrieval and simpler transportability between systems. LTO-6 tape drives also provide easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges with AES 256-bit hardware data encryption.

Security level exceptions

Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (7)

Algorithm	CAVP certificates
AES	1442, 2189, 3534, 3535
CVL	588
DRBG	889
HMAC	2258
KTS
RSA	1128, 1821
SHS	1897, 2913

Other algorithms

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

Tested configurations

Validation history

Date	Type	Lab
2017-03-23	Initial	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: 2017-03-23

HPE LTO-6 Tape Drive