Table 14 describes the accounting statistics and suggested actions in italics (if appropriate).

Table 14. Accounting Statistics

Accounting Statistic

Meaning

 

 

Transactions

 

Starts

The current, average, and peak number of transactions in

 

which a connection was started following a successful

 

authentication since the last time accounting statistics were

 

reset.

Stops

 

The current, average, and peak number of transactions in

 

which a connection was terminated since the last time

 

authentication statistics were reset.

Ons

 

The number of Accounting-On messages received,

 

indicating that a RADIUS client has started since the last

 

time authentication statistics were reset.

Offs

 

The number of Accounting-Off messages received,

 

indicating that a RADIUS client has shut down gracefully

 

since the last time authentication statistics were reset.

Total

 

The sum of the start, stop, on and off totals since the last

 

time authentication statistics were reset.

 

 

Failure Details

 

Dropped Packet

The number of RADIUS accounting packets dropped by

 

RSA RADIUS Server because the server was flooded with

 

more packets than it could handle.

Invalid Request

 

The number of invalid RADIUS requests received by the

 

RSA RADIUS Server.

 

A device is sending incorrectly formed packets to

 

RSA RADIUS Server; either there is a configuration error,

 

or the device does not conform to the RADIUS standard.

Failed Accounting

 

The number of RADIUS accounting requests that

 

RSA RADIUS Server was unable to process.

Insufficient Resources

 

The number of rejects due to a server resource problem.

 

 

Retries Received

 

Transactions Retried

The number of requests for which one or more duplicates

 

was received.

Total Retry Packets

 

The number of duplicate packets received.

 

 

Interim Requests

The number of interim accounting packets received.

 

 

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