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3.42.2.5.3 FIPS 140 compliance descriptor
The FIPS 140 compliance descriptor (see table 181) contains information that may be used to locate information about a FIPS 140 certificate
associated with the SCSI target device. The SCSI target device may or may not be operating in the mode specified by that certificate.
COMPLIANCE DESCRIPTOR TYPE and COMPLIANCE DESCRIPTOR LENGTH fields
The COMPLIANCE DESCRIPTOR TYPE field and COMPLIANCE DESCRIPTOR LENGTH field are defined in 3.42.2.5.2 and shall be set as shown in
table 181 for the FIPS 140 compliance descriptor.
Table 181 FIPS 140 Compliance descriptor
Bit
Byte
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 (MSB)
Compliance Descriptor Type (0001h)
1 (LSB)
2
Reserved
3
4 (MSB)
COMPLIANCE DESCRIPTOR LENGTH (0000 0208h). . .
7 (LSB)
8 REVISION
9 OVERALL SECURITY LEVEL
10
Reserved. . .
15
16 (MSB)
Hardware Version. . .
143 (LSB)
144 (MSB)
Version. . .
271 (LSB)
272 (MSB)
Module Name. . .
527 (LSB)