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For communication with Splunk and PowerFlex gateway, secured communication with trusted SSL certificates is required. If PowerFlex gateway is not secured with trusted SSL certificates, it can result in communication issues.
If PowerFlex gateways have secured communication, then you do not require a secured SSL certificate and hence must disable SSL checks. But in both cases, Splunk verifies to ensure a secure communication channel with PowerFlex cluster or gateway.