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IBM® NVMe FlashCore™ Module 2

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3879 · IBM® Corporation · 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. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 7 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3879
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorIBM® Corporation · website
Hardware versions02CL181, 02CL183, 02CL185, 02CL187
Firmware versions2.0.9.67

Module description

The IBM® NVMe FlashCore™ Module2 is a NVMe-connected self-encrypting non-volatile storage module.

Security level exceptions

  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES5897, 5898
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBG2454
HMAC3872
KBKDF244
RSAvendor affirmed
SHA-362
SHS4648

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-04-01InitialLeidos 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: 2021-04-01

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