Accounting Controls

These options are enabled separately, and define how the switch sends accounting data to a RADIUS server:
  • Start-StopApplies 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-OnlyApplies 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-UpdateApplies 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).

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 Example of configuring accounting types and controls, where the session ID was configured as common.

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 Example of accounting session operation with "start-stop" enabled, there is an "Accounting-On" record when the switch boots up and an "Accounting-Off" record when the switch reboots or reloads. (Assume that Acct-Session-Id is configured for common.)

Example of accounting session operation with "start-stop" enabled