RADIUS Authentication and Accounting

Configuring RADIUS Accounting

(For 802.1x information for the switch, refer to “Configuring Port-Based Access Control (802.1x)” on page 6-1.)

Exec accounting: Provides records containing the information listed below about login sessions (console, Telnet, and SSH) on the switch:

Acct-Session-Id

Acct-Delay-Time

NAS-IP-Address

Acct-Status-Type

Acct-Session-Time

NAS-Identifier

Acct-Terminate-Cause

Username

Calling-Station-Id

Acct-Authentic

Service-Type

 

 

System accounting: Provides records containing the information listed below when system events occur on the switch, including system reset, system boot, and enabling or disabling of system accounting.

Acct-Session-Id

Acct-Delay-Time

NAS-Identifier

Acct-Status-Type

Username

Calling-Station-Id

Acct-Terminate-Cause

Service-Type

 

 

Acct-Authentic

NAS-IP-Address

 

 

The switch forwards the accounting information it collects to the designated RADIUS server, where the information is formatted, stored, and managed by the server. For more information on this aspect of RADIUS accounting, refer to the documentation provided with your RADIUS server.

Operating Rules for RADIUS Accounting

You can configure up to three types of accounting to run simulta- neously: exec, system, and network.

RADIUS servers used for accounting are also used for authentication.

The switch must be cofigured to access at least one RADIUS server.

RADIUS servers are accessed in the order in which their IP addresses

were configured in the switch. Use show radius to view the order. As long as the first server is accesssible and responding to authenti-

cation requests from the switch, a second or third server will not be accessed. (For more on this topic, refer to “Changing RADIUS-Server Access Order” on page 3-27.)

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