Chapter 25 AAA

25.3.2 Attributes Used for Accounting

The following sections list the attributes sent from the Switch to the RADIUS server when performing authentication.

25.3.2.1 Attributes Used for Accounting System Events

NAS-IP-Address

NAS-Identifier

Acct-Status-Type

Acct-Session-ID

-The format of Acct-Session-Id is date+time+8-digit sequential number, for example, 2007041917210300000001. (date: 2007/04/19, time: 17:21:03, serial number: 00000001)

Acct-Delay-Time

25.3.2.2 Attributes Used for Accounting Exec Events

The attributes are listed in the following table along with the time that they are sent (the difference between Console and Telnet/SSH Exec events is that the Telnet/SSH events utilize the Calling-Station-Id attribute):

Table 78 RADIUS Attributes - Exec Events via Console

ATTRIBUTE

START

INTERIM-UPDATE

STOP

User-Name

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

NAS-Identifier

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

NAS-IP-Address

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Service-Type

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Status-Type

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Delay-Time

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Session-Id

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Authentic

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Session-Time

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Terminate-Cause

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

Table 79 RADIUS Attributes - Exec Events via Telnet/SSH

ATTRIBUTE

START

INTERIM-UPDATE

STOP

User-Name

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

NAS-Identifier

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

NAS-IP-Address

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Service-Type

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Calling-Station-Id

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Status-Type

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Acct-Delay-Time

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

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