RADIUS Authentication and Accounting

Configuring RADIUS Accounting

3.(Optional) Configure Session Blocking and Interim Updating Options

These optional parameters give you additional control over accounting data.

Updates: In addition to using a Start-Stop or Stop-Only trigger, you can optionally configure the switch to send periodic accounting record updates to a RADIUS server.

Suppress: The switch can suppress accounting for an unknown user having no username.

Syntax: [no] aaa accounting update periodic < 1 - 525600>

Sets the accounting update period for all accounting ses­ sions on the switch. (The no form disables the update function and resets the value to zero.) (Default: zero; dis­ abled).

Syntax: [no] aaa accounting suppress null-username

Disables accounting for unknown users having no user- name. (Default: suppression disabled)

To continue the example in figure 5-12, suppose that you wanted the switch to:

Send updates every 10 minutes on in-progress accounting sessions.

Block accounting for unknown users (no username).

Update Period

Suppress Unknown User

Figure 5-13. Example of Optional Accounting Update Period and Accounting Suppression on Unknown User

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