ETSI EN 303 800-2 V0.0.11 (2025-01)

Draft ETSI EN 303 800-2 V0.0.11 (2025-01)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network
infrastructure goods (circular economy);
Part 2: Server and data storage product secure data
deletion functionality
2 Draft ETSI EN 303 800-2 V0.0.11 (2025-01)

Reference
DEN/EE-EEPS47-2
Keywords
environment, e-waste management, KPI, server,
storage, waste management
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 Assessment of the secure data deletion functionality for servers and data storage products . 10
4.1 Provision of functionality to perform secure data deletion . 10
4.1.1 Availability of functionality . 10
4.1.2 Availability of clear or purge method . 10
4.1.3 Availability of destruct method and additional methods . 10
4.1.4 Returning Server or Data Storage Equipment to usable state . 10
4.2 Data exclusions from data deletion provision . 10
4.3 Registration . 11
5 End-user verification of successful Data Deletion . 11
5.1 Means of end-user verification of the effectiveness of the deletion method . 11
5.2 Record of Data Deletion . 11
6 Assessment of data deletion documentation and functionality . 12
6.1 Means of assessment . 12
6.2 Verification of secure data deletion documentation . 12
6.2.1 Information on secure data deletion functionality . 12
History . 13

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Foreword
This draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE),
and is now submitted for the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI EN Approval Procedure (ENAP).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part deliverable covering Environmental Engineering (EE); Assessment of
material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy), as identified below:
Part 2: "Server and data storage product secure data deletion functionality";
Part 3: "Server and data storage product availability of firmware and of security updates to firmware";
Part 5: "Server and data storage product disassembly and disassembly instruction".
NOTE: Part 1 and Part 4 have been cancelled as their intended content is already covered by other standards.

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

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Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
The present document addresses the requirements on secure data deletion. It aims to give a valid and compliant method
to assess if this specific requirement on data deletion has been met.
The present document was developed jointly by ETSI TC EE and ITU-T Study Group 5 and published by ITU and
ETSI as Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_DD [i.4] and ETSI EN 303 800-2 (the present document), which are
technically equivalent.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies a method for the verification of compliance with the requirements on the secure data
deletion functionality for:
1) servers; and
2) data storage equipment.
The present document covers demonstration of compliance with the data deletion requirements:
• instructions on how to use the functionality;
• the techniques used; and
• the supported secure data deletion standard(s), if applicable.
The following products are out of scope of the present document:
• servers intended for embedded applications;
• servers classified as small scale servers in terms of Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 [i.2];
• servers with more than four processor sockets;
• server appliances;
• large servers;
• fully fault tolerant servers;
• network servers;
• small data storage products;
• large data storage products;
• servers or data storage products which in addition are used in means of transport for persons or goods;
NOTE: See Directive 2009/125/EC [i.1].
• data storage devices that are not included in the product placed on the market by the Manufacturer, their
authorized representatives or importer, and are not included in modifications or updates provided or specified
by the manufacturer, their authorized representatives or importer.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] IEEE 2883™-2022: "IEEE Standard for Sanitizing Storage".
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[2] ETSI EN 303 800-5: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Assessment of material efficiency of ICT
network infrastructure goods (circular economy); Part 5: Server and data storage product
disassembly and disassembly instruction".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
establishing a framewo
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