Configurable Accounting Records - Alcatel-Lucent 7450 System Management Manual

Configurable Accounting Records

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Accounting Files for Service
XML
The custom-record command in the config>log>accounting-policy context provide the flexibility
to reduce the volume of data generated, network operators can define the record that needs to be
collected. This can eliminate queues or selected counters within these queues that are not relevant
for billing.
Record headers including information such as service-ID, SAP-ID, etc., will always be generated.
RADIUS Accounting in Networks Using ESM
The custom-record command in the config>subscr-mgmt>radius-accounting-policy context
provide the flexibility to include individual counters in RADIUS accounting messages. See the
CLI tree for commands and syntax.
Significant Change Only Reporting
Another way to decrease accounting messaging related to overhead is to include only "active"
objects in a periodical reporting. An "active object" in this context is an object which has seen a
"significant" change in corresponding counters. A significant change is defined in terms of a
cumulative value (the sum of all reference counters).
This concept is applicable to all methods used for gathering accounting information, such as an
XML file and RADIUS, as well as to all applications using accounting, such as service-acct,
ESM-acct, and Application Assurance.
Accounting records are reported at the periodical intervals. This periodic reporting is extended
with an internal filter which omits periodical updates for objects whose counter change
experienced lower changes than a defined (configurable) threshold.
Specific to RADIUS accounting the significant-change command does not affect ACCT-STOP
messages. ACCT-STOP messages will be always sent, regardless the amount of change of the
corresponding host.
7450 ESS System Mangement Guide
XML Accounting Files for Service and ESM-Based Accounting on page 415
RADIUS Accounting in Networks Using ESM on page 415
and ESM-Based Accounting
Event and Accounting Logs
Page 415