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RADIUS Authentication and Accounting
Configuring RADIUS Accounting
■If access to a RADIUS server fails during a session, but after the client has been authenticated, the switch continues to assume the server is available to receive accounting data. Thus, if server access fails during a session, it will not receive accounting data transmitted from the switch.
Steps for Configuring RADIUS Accounting
1.Configure the switch for accessing a RADIUS server.
You can configure a list of up to three RADIUS servers (one primary, two backup). The switch operates on the assumption that a server can operate in both accounting and authentication mode. (Refer to the documentation for your RADIUS server application.)
• Use the same
• Provide the following:
–A RADIUS server IP address.
2.Configure accounting types and the controls for sending reports to the RADIUS server.
• Accounting types: exec (page
• Trigger for sending accounting reports to a RADIUS server: At session start and stop or only at session stop
3.(Optional) Configure session blocking and interim updating options
• Updating: Periodically update the accounting data for
• Suppress accounting: Block the accounting session for any unknown user with no username access to the switch