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Chapter 10 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
Understanding IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
802.1x Accounting Attribute-Value Pairs
The information sent to the RADIUS server is represented in the form of Attribute-Value (AV) pairs.
These AV pairs provide data for different applications. (For example, a billing application might require
information that is in the Acct-Input-Octets or the Acct-Output-Octets attributes of a RADIUS packet.)
AV pairs are automatically sent by a switch that is configured for 802.1x accounting. Three types of
RADIUS accounting packets are sent by a switch:
START–sent when a new user session starts
INTERIM–sent during an existing session for updates
STOP–sent when a session terminates
Tabl e 10-3 lists the AV pairs and when they are sent are sent by the switch:
You can view the AV pairs that are being sent by the switch by entering the debug radius accounting
privileged EXEC command. For more information about this command, see the Cisco IOS Debug
Command Reference, Release 12.2 at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_command_reference_book09186a
00800872ce.html
For more infor mation abo ut AV pairs, see RFC 3 580, “802.1x Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
(RADIUS) Usage Guidelines.”
Tab l e 10-3 Accounting AV Pairs
Attribute Number AV Pair N ame START INTERIM STOP
Attribute[1] User-Name Always Always Always
Attribute[4] NAS-IP-Address Always Always Always
Attribute[5] NAS-Port Always Always Always
Attribute[8] Framed-IP-Address Never Sometimes1
1. The Framed-IP-Address AV pair is sent only if a valid Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) binding
exists for the host in the DHCP snooping bindings table.
Sometimes1
Attribute[25] Class Always Always Always
Attribute[30] Called-Station-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[31] Calling-Station-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[40] Acct-Status-Type Always Always Always
Attribute[41] Acct-Delay-Time Always Always Always
Attribute[42] Acct-Input-Octets Never Always Always
Attribute[43] Acct-Output-Octets Never Always Always
Attribute[44] Acct-Session-ID Always Always Always
Attribute[45] Acct-Authentic Always Always Always
Attribute[46] Acct-Session-Time Never Always Always
Attribute[49] Acct-Terminate-Cause Never Never Always
Attribute[61] NAS-Port-Type Always Always Always