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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 2026-08-28
Active. Sunset date 2026-09-21, 23 days away. This is the FIPS 140-2 sunset: after it, agencies may keep the module only in existing systems.
Caveat: None

Certificate

Certificate number4268
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statusactive
Sunset date2026-09-21
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

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

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
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 active
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-07-18, 2022-09-06

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