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Ultrastar® DC SN540 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self-Encrypting Drive and Ultrastar® DC ZN540 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self-Encrypting Drive

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4270 · Western Digital Corporation · 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 number4270
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statusactive
Sunset date2026-09-21
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns WUS4B7619DSP305 [1], WUS4B7638DSP305 [1], WUS4B7676DSP305 [1], WUS4B7696DSP305 [1], WZS4C8T1TDSP305 [2], WZS4C8T2TDSP305 [2], WZS4C8T4TDSP305 [2], and WZS4C8T8TDSP305 [2]
Firmware versionsR611000Q [1] and R6Z10022 [2]

Module description

The Ultrastar® DC SN540 NVMe™ PCIe 3.0 Self-Encrypting Drive and Ultrastar® DC ZN540 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, mission-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
AES3580, 3913, A1232, C1973
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBGA1232
ENT
HMAC2280
PBKDFA1232
RSAA1232, A1184
SHS2942

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-07-18InitialUL 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

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