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HPE LTO-6 Tape Drive

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2867 · Hewlett Packard®, Enterprise · 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 operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 1 per Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number2867
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorHewlett Packard®, Enterprise · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns AQ278A #912 [1], AQ288D #103 [2] and AQ298C #103 [3]
Firmware versionsJ5SW [1], 35PW [2] and 25MW [3]

Module description

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

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1442, 2189, 3534, 3535
CVL588
DRBG889
HMAC2258
KTS
RSA1128, 1821
SHS1897, 2913

Other algorithms

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

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-03-23InitialUL 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

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