User Manual

Instrument sanitization procedure
R&S
®
FPL1000
7Instrument Security Procedures 1178.6810.02 ─ 05
5 Instrument sanitization procedure
5.1 Volatile memory
You can purge the volatile memory by following the procedure below. The sanitizing
procedure complies to the definition of NIST
[1], see "Terms defined in Guidelines for
Media Sanitization"
on page 3.
To turn off and remove power
1. Turn off the R&S FPL1000.
2. Disconnect the power plug.
3. Remove the battery.
Leave the instrument powered off at least for ten minutes to make sure that all vol-
atile memory modules lose their contents, see
[3].
5.2 Non-volatile memory
The non-volatile memories do not contain user data. Therefore no sanitization proce-
dure is required.
5.3 Media
To remove the classified solid-state drive at the rear of the instrument
Risk of losing data and becoming unusable
The media memory holds the operating system. Removing the SSD makes the instru-
ment unusable.
We recommend that you keep a second non-classified SSD for use outside the
secured area (option R&S FPL1-B19).
Do not remove the SSD during operation. You can damage the instrument and lose
data.
1. Turn off the R&S FPL1000 and disconnect the power plug.
2. Locate the SSD.
Media