Technical data

Security Features 1
Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20/40 GHz 7
Upconverter Memory
The N8211A performance analog upconverter and N8212A performance vector
upconverter have several memory types, each used for storing a specific types of data.
Before removing sensitive data, it is important to understand how each memory type is
used.
The following tables describe each memory type used in the N8211A performance
analog upconverter and N8212A performance vector upconverter.
Table 1: Base Instrument Memory
Memory
Type and
Size
Writable
During
Normal
Operation?
Data
Retained
When
Powered
Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input Method Location in Instrument and
Remarks
Main
Memory
(SDRAM)
64 MB
Yes No firmware operating
memory
operating system (not
user)
CPU board, not battery
backed
Main
Memory
(Flash)
20 MB
Yes Yes factory
calibration/configurati
on data user file
system, which includes
instrument status
backup, flatness
calibration, IQ
calibration, instrument
states, waveforms
(including header and
marker data),
modulation definitions,
and sweep lists
firmware upgrades and
user-saved data
CPU board (same chip as
firmware memory, but
managed separately)
Because this 32 MB memory
chip contains 20 MB of user
data (described here) and
12 MB of firmware memory,
a selective chip erase is
performed. User data areas
are selectively and
completely sanitized when
you perform the Erase and
Sanitize function.
SCPI Command:
:SYSTem:SECurity:SANitize