KB 064 – Http Exception Peer sent alert Alert Fatal protocol version while connecting PowerConnect JAVA to SPLUNK

Symptom

When performing a test connection to Splunk, system prompts the error below:

KB 064 - Http Exception Peer sent alert Alert Fatal protocol version while connecting PowerConnect JAVA to SPLUNK 1

Click Show Log and it shows below:

KB 064 - Http Exception Peer sent alert Alert Fatal protocol version while connecting PowerConnect JAVA to SPLUNK 2

Solution

Check note 2284059 (Update of SSL library within NW Java server). The problem is because the outgoing JAVA connections requires TLS 1.1 or 1.2. These SSL libraries are not available in older JAVA releases. Use SUM or Java Support Tool to patch according to system’s support package level to install these SSL libraries.

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