Dell S4048-ON, Configuration Manual

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–
start-stop
: use for more accounting information, to send a start-accounting notice at the beginning of the requested
event and a stop-accounting notice at the end.
–
wait-start
: ensures that the security server acknowledges the start notice before granting the user's process
request.
–
stop-only
: use for minimal accounting; instructs the server to send a stop record accounting notice at the end
of the requested user process.
– : designate the security service. Currently, Dell Networking OS supports only .
Suppressing AAA Accounting for Null Username Sessions
When you activate AAA accounting, the Dell Networking OS software issues accounting records for all users on the system,
including users whose username string is NULL because of protocol translation.
An example of this is a user who comes in on a line where the AAA authentication
login method-list none
command is
applied. To prevent accounting records from being generated for sessions that do not have usernames associated with them, use the
following command.
• Prevent accounting records from being generated for users whose username string is NULL.
CONFIGURATION mode
aaa accounting suppress null-username
Configuring Accounting of EXEC and Privilege-Level Command Usage
The network access server monitors the accounting functions defined in the attribute/value (AV) pairs.
• Configure AAA accounting to monitor accounting functions defined in .
CONFIGURATION mode
aaa accounting system default start-stop
aaa accounting command 15 default start-stop
System accounting can use only the default method list.
Example of Configuring AAA Accounting to Track EXEC and EXEC Privilege Level Command Use
In the following sample configuration, AAA accounting is set to track all usage of EXEC commands and commands on privilege level
15.
Dell(conf)#aaa accounting exec default start-stop
Dell(conf)#aaa accounting command 15 default start-stop
Configuring AAA Accounting for Terminal Lines
To enable AAA accounting with a named method list for a specific terminal line (where com15 and execAcct are the method list
names), use the following commands.
• Configure AAA accounting for terminal lines.
CONFIG-LINE-VTY mode
accounting commands 15 com15
accounting exec execAcct
Example of Enabling AAA Accounting with a Named Method List
Dell(config-line-vty)# accounting commands 15 com15
Dell(config-line-vty)# accounting exec execAcct
Monitoring AAA Accounting
Dell Networking OS does not support periodic interim accounting because the
periodic
command can cause heavy congestion
when many users are logged in to the network.
No specific
show
command exists for accounting.
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