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Review the following prerequisites and recommendations before installing the Splunk App for PowerScale 9.x.
Syslog forwarding must be configured on the PowerScale cluster so that audit and protocol events are received on Splunk. For information about configuring syslog forwarding, see the PowerScale OneFS Web Administration Guide at the PowerScale OneFS Info Hubs on Dell Support.
Dell Technologies recommends creating a user and assigning the OneFS Platform API with read-only privileges to use when configuring the PowerScale Add-on.
Ensure that port 514 is open on the heavy forwarder to receive PowerScale syslog data.