Security Features & Document of Volatility 12
Instrument Memory & Volatility
MXG (Series A) Memory
6. LCD Display
Memory
(DRAM)
160 KByte
No No Display buffer Operating
system
CPU board, not
battery backed.
Turn off
instrument power.
7. Front Panel
Memory
(Flash)
32 KByte
No Yes Front panel keyboard
controller firmware
Operating
system
Front Panel
board
None required (no
user data)
a. Analog instruments only
Table 4-2 Vector Models with Baseband Generator (N5162A/N5182A with Options 651, 652, or
654)
Memory
Component,
Type and Size
Writable During Normal
Operation?
Data Retained When
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input
Method
Location in
Instrument and
Remarks
Sanitization
Procedure
1. Waveform
Memory
(DRAM)
320 MByte
Yes No Waveforms (including
header and marker data)
Normal user
operation
Not battery
backed.
Turn off
instrument power.
2. Extended
Persistent
Memory
(Flash)
a
4 GByte
Yes Yes All user data Normal user
operation
User data is
completely
sanitized by the
procedure “Erase
and Sanitize All
(Option 006 Only)”
on page 22.
Table 4-1 Base Instrument (All models and options)
Memory
Component,
Type and Size
Writable During Normal
Operation?
Data Retained When
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input
Method
Location in
Instrument and
Remarks
Sanitization
Procedure