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Keithley Instruments
28775 Aurora Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44139
1-800-935-5595
tek.com/keithley
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Declassification and Security Instructions
077086201 / July 2019 *P077086201*
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Introduction
If you have data security concerns, this document tells you how to clear or sanitize instrument memory devices
in the Keithley touch, test, invent® (TTI) series of instruments. It also explains how to declassify an instrument
that is not functioning.
The procedures in this document are written to meet the requirements specified in:
NISPOM, DoD 5220.22-M, chapter 8
ISFO Process Manual for Certification and Accreditation of Classified Systems under NISPOM
Products
This document contains procedures for the following Keithley Instruments models:
2450, 2450-NFP, 2450-NFP-RACK, and 2450-RACK
2460, 2460-NFP, 2460-NFP-RACK, and 2460-RACK
2461, 2461-NFP, 2461-NFP-RACK, and 2461-RACK
2461-SYS
2470 and 2470-RACK
DMM7510, DMM7510-NFP, DMM7510-NFP-RACK, and DMM7510-RACK
Contact information
If you have any questions after you review the information in this documentation, please contact your local
Keithley Instruments office, sales partner, or distributor. You can also call the corporate headquarters of
Keithley Instruments (toll-free inside the U.S. and Canada only) at 1-800-935-5595, or from outside the U.S. at
+1-440-248-0400. For worldwide contact numbers, visit the Keithley Instruments website (tek.com/keithley).
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Terminology
The following terms may be used in this document:
Clear: Removes data on media or in memory before reusing it in a secured area. Clears all reusable
memory to deny access to previously unsecured information.
Demo setups: Demonstration applications that come loaded on the instrument; you cannot modify them.
Direct method of modification: You can modify data directly.
Erase: Equivalent to clear (see above).
Indirect method of modification: The instrument system resources modify the data; you cannot modify
it.
Instrument declassification: Procedures that must be completed before an instrument can be removed
from a secure environment. Declassification procedures include memory sanitization and memory
removal.
Media storage and data export device: Devices that can be used to store or export data from the
instrument, such as a USB port.
Nonvolatile memory: Data is retained when the instrument power is turned off.
Protected user data area: Contains data that is protected by a password.
Remove: Clears instrument data by physically removing the memory device from the instrument.
Sanitize: Eradicates instrument data from media and memory so it cannot be recovered by other means
or technology. This is typically used when the device will be moved (temporarily or permanently) from a
secured area to a nonsecured area.
Scrub: Directly retrieve and clear the contents of the memory device.
User accessible: You can directly retrieve the contents of the memory device.
User data: Measurement data that represents signals that you connect to the instrument.
User modifiable: You can write to the memory device during normal instrument operation using the
front-panel interface or remote control.
User settings: Instrument settings that you can change.
Volatile memory: Temporary memory; data is lost when the instrument is turned off.
Description of memory
All of these instruments share common volatile and nonvolatile memory components. This document and these
instructions work for all instruments listed in the Products (on page 1) section.
All of these instruments contain three sets of volatile and nonvolatile memory as described below.
The MASTER (U13 on the 2450-140 board) contains instrument logic, calibration data, and customer scripts,
readings, and data:
Two 16 MB nonvolatile NOR FLASH chips on the Digital board
Two 128 MB volatile DDR2 SDRAM chips on the Digital board
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The BLASTER (U1 on the 2450-140 board) contains instrument logic, calibration data, and customer scripts,
readings, and data:
Two 16 MB nonvolatile NOR FLASH chips on the Digital board
One 128 MB volatile DDR2 SDRAM chip on the Digital board
The DISPLAY (U1 on 2450-110 board) contains instrument logic and customer setups and data:
Two 16 MB nonvolatile NOR FLASH chips on the Digital board
One 128 MB Volatile DDR2 SDRAM chip on the Digital board
Each instrument contains a battery-backed up clock that is used to generate timestamps. It does not
store data.
Older Model 2450s (Digital/Display board revision C) have two volatile DDR2 SDRAM chips for the
BLASTER and DISPLAY. However, the process for clearing and sanitizing data is identical.
Memory devices
The following tables list the volatile and nonvolatile memory devices in the standard instrument and listed
options.
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Volatile memory devices
The following table lists the volatile memory devices in the TTI products and memory-related information.
Type and
minimum size
Function
User
modifiable
Data input
method
Location
To clear
To sanitize
DDR2 SDRAM
256 MB
(master)
Temporary memory
used by the
microprocessor
controller for internal
processor
operations (on the
microprocessor chip)
No
None
U16 and U17
on 2450-140
Digital board
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn instrument
power off
DDR2 SDRAM
128 MB
(blaster)
Temporary memory
used by the
microprocessor
controller for internal
processor
operations (on the
microprocessor chip)
No
None
U4 and U5 on
2450-140
Digital board
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn instrument
power off
DDR2 SDRAM
128 MB
(display)
Temporary memory
used by the
microprocessor
controller for internal
processor
operations (on the
microprocessor chip)
No
None
U4 and U5 on
2450-110 or
389536900
Display board
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn instrument
power off
Nonvolatile memory devices
The following table lists nonvolatile memory devices and memory-related information. If the table indicates that
a device can be cleared by the user, see the detailed instructions in Clearing data (on page 5).
Type and
minimum size
Function
User
modifiable
Data input
method
Location
To clear
To sanitize
NOR FLASH
embedded
memory, 32 MB
(master)
Contains calibration
data and user
settings
Yes
Front-
panel or
remote
interface
control
U58 on the
2450-140
Digital board
Follow the
"Clearing data"
procedures
Remove chip
NOR FLASH
embedded
memory, 32 MB
(blaster)
Contains calibration
data and user
settings
Yes
U14 on the
2450-140
Digital board
Follow the
"Clearing data"
procedures
Remove chip
NOR FLASH
embedded
memory, 32 MB
(display)
Contains some user
settings
Yes
U14 on the
2450-110 or
389536900
Display board
Follow the
"Clearing data"
procedures
Remove chip
Flash-based
FPGA
Programmable logic
No
Firmware
upgrade
process
U68 on
2040-100
board
U2 on
2450-100
board
Requires Actel
ProASIC3
programmer to
J46 (on
2040-100) or
J829 (on
2450-100)
Remove chip