Cisco Systems 3550 Starting RADIUS Accounting

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Chapter6 Administering the Swi tc h Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to specify RADIUS authorization for privileged
EXEC access and network services:
To disable authorization, use the no aaa authorization {network | exec} method1 global configuration
command.
Starting RADIUS Accounting
The AAA accounting feature tracks the services that users are accessing and the amount of network
resources that they are consuming. When AAA accounting is enabled, the switch reports user activity to
the RADIUS security server in the form of accounting records. Each accounting record contains
accounting attribute-value (AV) pairs and is store d on the securi ty server. This data can then be analyzed
for network management, client billing, or auditing.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable RADIUS accounting for each Cisco
IOS privilege level and for network services:
To disable accounting, use the no aaa accounting {network | exec} {start-stop} method1... global
configuration command.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 aaa authorization network radius Configure the switch for user RADIUS authorization for all
network-related service requests.
Step3 aaa authorization exec radius Configure the switch for user RADIUS authorization to determine if the
user has privileged EXEC access.
The exec keyword might return user profile information (such a s
autocommand information).
Step4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step5 show running-config Verify your entries.
Step6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 aaa accounting network start-stop
radius Enable RADIUS accounting for all network-related service requests.
Step3 aaa accounting exec start-stop radius Enable RADIUS accounting to send a start-record accounting notice at
the beginning of a privileged EXEC process and a stop-recor d a t th e
end.
Step4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step5 show running-config Verify your entries.
Step6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.