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Contact Keysight Sales and Service Offices Keysight N991xA/N992xA/N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation...
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation Terms and Definitions Definitions Clearing - Clearing is the process of eradicating the data on media before reusing the media so that the data can no longer be retrieved using the standard interfaces on the instrument.
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Terms and Definitions Definitions Keysight N991xA/N992xA/N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation...
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation System Components Product/System includes the following components: Model number Name Description Reference/Remarks N9912A FieldFox Handheld Handheld Cable and Antenna Analyzer Volatile and Non volatile Analyzer memory on SOM board,...
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System Components Model number Name Description Reference/Remarks N9928A FieldFox Handheld Vector Network Analyzer Volatile and Non volatile Analyzer memory on SOM board, system board and RF board N9935A FieldFox Handheld Spectrum Analyzer Volatile and Non volatile Analyzer memory on SOM board, system board and RF board N9936A FieldFox Handheld...
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation Instrument Memory and Volatility Information Table 5-1 Summary of instrument memory - base instrument Memory Purpose/Contents Data Input Location in Sanitization Type and Method Instrument and...
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Instrument Memory and Volatility Information Table 5-1 Summary of instrument memory - base instrument Memory Purpose/Contents Data Input Location in Sanitization Type and Method Instrument and Procedure Size Remarks RAM, Vector Network Firmware SOM board External power and volatile Analyzer and operating main battery both memory,...
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures This section explains how to clear, sanitize, and remove memory from you instrument for all memory that can be written to during normal operation and for which the clearing and sanitization procedure is more than trivial such as rebooting your instrument.
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Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures Table 6-1 64 MB Flash Memory It is divided into three partitions: Keysight (42 Mb), FactoryData (2 Mb) and Description and UserData (20 Mb). Only the UserData partition is accessible by the user. purpose Notes on the process for erasing the UserData flash memory partition Remarks There are two basic types of files in the UserData partition.
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Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures Table 6-2 4 GB Internal microSD Card Stores Operating System, Application Firmware and some User Data. Only the Description and User Data is accessible by the user purpose 4 GB Size The following process completely clears all user accessible data on the Memory clearing FieldFox instrument.
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Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures Table 6-3 128 MB RAM Firmware operating memory Description and purpose 128 GB Size External power and main battery removed Memory clearing External power and main battery removed Memory sanitization This memory can not be removed without damaging the instrument Memory removal Write protecting Memory...
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Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures Table 6-5 EPROM 128 Bytes PCA identification and revision information Description and purpose Remarks Table 6-6 Front Panel Interface Board Micro-Controller, 16 Kb Flash Memory, 2 Kb Volatile Memory Front panel interface board micro-controller Description and purpose 16 Kb Flash Memory, 2 Kb Volatile Memory...
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Memory Clearing, Sanitization and/or Removal Procedures Keysight N991xA/N992xA/N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation...
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation User and Remote Interface Security Measures Screen and Annotation Blanking For security reasons, frequency information can be prevented from appearing on the FieldFox by following below procedure. The same information is available in the User’s Guide.
User and Remote Interface Security Measures Screen and Annotation Blanking Remote Access Interfaces The user is responsible for providing security for the LAN port for remote access by controlling physical access to the LAN port. The LAN port must be controlled because they provide access to all user settings, user states and the display image.
Keysight Technologies FieldFox Handheld Analzers N991xA, N992xA, and N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation Procedure for Declassifying a Faulty Instrument If the instrument is not functioning and you are unable to use the security functions to clear the User Data, you must physically remove the SOM board and discard and destroy it.
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Procedure for Declassifying a Faulty Instrument Keysight N991xA/N992xA/N993xA Security Features and Volatility Documentation...
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