Has anyone implemented SSO using SAML v2 like how it's outlined in the following blog?
http://blogs.splunk.com/2013/03/28/splunkweb-sso-samlv2/
SAML can be configured without SSO, see this for more details:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/Security/HowSAMLSSOworks