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The following accounting record shows a system accounting record indicating that AAA Accounting
has been turned on:
Wed Jun 27 03:55:22 2001 172.16.25.15 unknown unknown unknown stop task_id=23
service=system event=sys_acct reason=reconfigure
Additional tasks for measuring system resources are covered in the Cisco IOS software configuration guides.
For example, IP accounting tasks are described in the Configuring IP Services chapter in the
CiscoIOS
Application Services Configuration Guide .
Resource Accounting
The Cisco implementation of AAA accounting provides
“
start
”
and
“
stop
”
record support for calls that have
passed user authentication. The additional feature of generating “ stop ” records for calls that fail to authenticate
as part of user authentication is also supported. Such records are necessary for users employing accounting
records to manage and monitor their networks.
This section includes the following subsections:
AAA Resource Failure Stop Accounting
Before AAA resource failure stop accounting, there was no method of providing accounting records for calls
that failed to reach the user authentication stage of a call setup sequence. Such records are necessary for users
employing accounting records to manage and monitor their networks and their wholesale customers.
This functionality generates a
“
stop
”
accounting record for any calls that do not reach user authentication;
“ stop ” records are generated from the moment of call setup. All calls that pass user authentication behave as
they did before; that is, no additional accounting records are seen.
The figure below illustrates a call setup sequence with normal call flow (no disconnect) and without AAA
resource failure stop accounting enabled.
Figure 70: Modem Dial-In Call Setup Sequence With Normal Flow and Without Resource Failure Stop Accounting Enabled
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Information About Configuring Accounting