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Ultrastar® DC SN840 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self Encrypting Drive

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4268 · Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · data as of 2026-10-09

Ultrastar® DC SN840 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self Encrypting Drive, from Western Digital Technologies, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4268 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: None

Certificate

Certificate number4268
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Technologies, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns WUS4C6416DSP3X5, WUS4BA119DSP3X5, WUS4C6432DSP3X5, WUS4BA138DSP3X5, WUS4C6464DSP3X5, WUS4BA176DSP3X5 and WUS4BA1A1DSP3X5
Firmware versionsR2210400, R2210401 and R2EF0003

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Ultrastar® DC SN840 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self Encrypting Drive, from Western Digital, delivers extreme performance and ultra-low latency to the top tier of enterprise storage. With proven dual-port NVMe architecture, these drives are best suited for performance demanding platforms including HPC servers, misson-critical applications and workloads that require superior read/write performance and low latency.

Security level exceptions

  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESA1025, C1973, 3580, 3913
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBGA1025
ENT
HMAC2280
PBKDFA1025
RSAA1025, A1184
SHS2942

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-07-18InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2022-09-06UpdateUL 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
  • 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-07-18, 2022-09-06

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