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TLA6400 Series Logic Analyzers
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Declassification and Security
Instructions
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Table of Contents
Preface .............................................................................................................. iii
Clear and Sanitize Procedures. . ..... . ..... . .... . . .... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ... . . . .... . .. 1
Memory Devices............................................................................................... 1
Media and Da
Built-In Security Features ...... ................................ ................................ ................... 9
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................... 11
Clear or Sanitize a Nonfunctional Instrument . ..... . ... . . . .... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ... . . .. 11
Recover from Clearing or Removing the Instrument Memory ...... ................................ .... 11
ta Export Devices ............................................................................. 6
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Preface
This document helps customers with data security concerns to sanitize or remove
memory devices from TLA6400 Series Logic Analyzers.
These products have data storage (memory) devices and data output devices (USB
ports). These instructions tell how to do the following:
Clear or sanitize the memory devices
Clear or sanitize an instrument that is not functioning
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Terms
The following Tektronix products a re covered by this document:
TLA6401 and all options
TLA6402 and all options
TLA6403 and all options
TLA6404 and all options
Refer to the following service-related documents available on the Tektronix Web
site at www.tektronix.com/manuals or to the TLA Documentation CD that is
available with your product:
TLA6400 Series Logic Analyzer Installation Manual (Tektronix part number,
077-0632-xx)
TLA6400 Series Service Manual (Tektronix part number, 077-0638-xx)
The following terms may be used in this document:
Clear. This removes data on media/memory before reusing it in a secured
area. All reusable memory is cleared to deny access t o previously stored
information by standard means of access.
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Erase. This is equivalent to clear.
Instrument Declassification. A term that refers to procedures that must be
undertaken before an instrument can be removed from a secure environment.
Declassification procedures include m
removal, and sometimes both.
Media storage/data export device. Any of several 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 is powered off.
Power off. The instruments have a “Standby” mode, in which power is
still supplied to the instrument. For clearing data, putting the instrument in
emory sanitization and memory

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Standby mode do
es not qualify as powering off. For these products, you must
remove the power source from the instrument.
Remove. This i
saphysicalmeanstoclearthedatabyremovingthememory
device from the instrument. Instructions are available in the product Service
Manual.
Sanitize. This eradicates the data from media/memory so that the data 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
non-secured area.
Scrub. This is equivalent to sanitize.
User Accessible. User is able to directly retrieve the memory device contents.
User-modifiable. The user can write to the memory device during normal
instrument operation, using the instrument interface or remote control.
Volatile memory. Data is lost when the instrument is powered off.
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