3Com 10014298 Setting Tacacs Server Timers, Default response timeout timer is set to 5 seconds

236CHAPTER 9: AAA AND RADIUS OPERATION

Setting TACACS Server Timers

Setting the response timeout timer After HWTACACS is implemented on the basis of TCP, server response timeout or TCP timeout may terminate the connection to the TACACS server.

Perform the following configuration in HWTACACS view.

Table 252 Setting the response timeout timer

Operation	Command
Set the response timeout time	timer response-timeout seconds
Restore the default setting	undo timer response-timeout

The default response timeout timer is set to 5 seconds.

Setting the quiet timer for the primary TACACS server Perform the following configuration in HWTACACS view.

Table 253 Setting the quiet timer for the primary TACACS server

Operation	Command
Set the quiet timer for the primary TACACS	timer quiet minutes
server.
Restore the default setting.	undo timer quiet

By default, the primary TACACS server must wait five minutes before it can resume the active state.

Setting a realtime accounting interval The setting of real-time accounting interval is necessary to real-time accounting. After an interval value is set, the NAS transmits the accounting information of online users to the TACACS accounting server periodically.

Perform the following configuration in HWTACACS view.

Table 254 Setting a real-time accounting interval

Operation	Command
Set a real-time accounting interval	timer realtime-accounting minutes
Restore the default real-time accounting	undo timer realtime-accounting
interval

The interval is in minutes and must be a multiple of 3.

The setting of real-time accounting interval somewhat depends on the performance of the NAS and the TACACS server: a shorter interval requires higher device performance. You are therefore recommended to adopt a longer interval when there are a large number of users (more than 1000, inclusive). The following table lists the numbers of users and the recommended intervals.

Table 255 Numbers of users and the recommended intervals

Number of users	Real-time accounting interval (minutes)
1 - 99	3
100 - 499	6