KB.15.15

Accounting Controls

These options are enabled separately, and define how the switch will send accounting data to a

RADIUS server:

• Start-Stop

Applies to the exec, network, and system accounting service types:

• Send a "start record accounting" notice at the beginning of the accounting session and

a "stop record notice" at the end of the session. Both notices include the latest data the

switch has collected for the requested accounting type.

• Do not wait for an acknowledgement.

• Stop-Only

Applies to the network, exec, system, and command service types, as described below:

• Send a stop record accounting notice at the end of the accounting session. The notice

includes the latest data the switch has collected for the requested accounting type

(network, exec, or system service types). For the commandsservice type, sends the

"Stop" accounting notice after execution of each CLI command.

• Do not wait for an acknowledgment.

• Interim-Update

Applies only to the command service type, and is intended for use when the optional common

session ID is configured. Enabling interim-update in this case results in the command

accounting records appearing as enclosed sub-parts of the exec service type record for a

given management session. Using interim-update when the unique session ID is configured

has no effect because in this case, the different service types appear as separate accounting

processes with separate Acct-Session-ID values.

NOTE: Configuring interim-update for Command accounting results in all commands being

reported as "update" records, regardless of whether common or unique is configured for the

accounting session ID, see “Reconfiguring the Acct-Session-ID operation (Optional) ” (page 159).

Example

To configure RADIUS accounting on the switch with start-stop for Exec functions, stop-only for system

functions, and interim-update for commands functions.

This example continues from Figure 117 (page 161), where the session ID was configured as

common.

Figure 117 Example of configuring accounting types and controls

Example

If the switch is configured with RADIUS accounting on the switch to use start-stop for Exec, System,

and Command functions, as shown in Figure 118 (page 162), there will be an "Accounting-On"

Configuring 161