Microsens MS453490M Management Guide - Manual (Page 265)

C HAPTER 14 | Security Measures
AAA Authorization and Accounting
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Figure 138: Showing AAA Server Groups
C ONFIGURING AAA
A CCOUNTING
Use the Security > AAA > Accounting page to enable accounting of
requested services for billing or security purposes, and also to display the
configured accounting methods, the methods applied to specific interfaces,
and basic accounting information recorded for user sessions.
CLI R EFERENCES
◆ "AAA" on page 595
C OMMAND U SAGE
AAA authentication through a RADIUS or TACACS+ server must be enabled
before accounting is enabled.
P ARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
Configure Global
◆ Periodic Update - Specifies the interval at which the local accounting
service updates information for all users on the system to the
accounting server. (Range: 0-2147483647 minutes; where 0 means
disabled)
Configure Method
◆ Accounting Type – Specifies the service as:
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802.1X – Accounting for end users.
■
Exec – Administrative accounting for local console, Telnet, or SSH
connections.
◆ Method Name – Specifies an accounting method for service requests.
The “default” methods are used for a requested service if no other
methods have been defined. (Range: 1-255 characters)
Note that the method name is only used to describe the accounting
method configured on the specified RADIUS or TACACS+ servers. No
information is sent to the servers about the method to use.