Secondary Accounting (Hwtacacs Scheme View) - HP FlexFabric 7900 Series Command Reference Manual

secondary accounting (HWTACACS scheme view)

Use secondary accounting to specify a secondary HWTACACS accounting server.
Use undo secondary accounting to remove a secondary HWTACACS accounting server.
Syntax
secondary accounting ipv4-address [ port-number | key { cipher | simple } string | single-connection ]
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undo secondary accounting [ ipv4-address [ port-number ] ]
Default
No secondary HWTACACS accounting server is specified.
Views
HWTACACS scheme view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
ipv4-address: Specifies the IPv4 address of the secondary HWTACACS accounting server.
port-number: Specifies the service port number of the secondary HWTACACS accounting server, a TCP
port number in the range of 1 to 65535. The default setting is 49.
key { cipher | simple } string: Specifies the shared key for secure communication with the secondary
HWTACACS accounting server.
cipher string: Sets a ciphertext shared key. The string argument is case sensitive.
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In non-FIPS mode, the key is a string of 1 to 373 characters.
In FIPS mode, the key is a string of 15 to 373 characters.
simple string: Sets a plaintext shared key. The string argument is case sensitive.
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In non-FIPS mode, the key is a string of 1 to 255 characters.
In FIPS mode, the key is a string of 15 to 255 characters and must contain digits, uppercase
letters, lowercase letters, and special characters.
single-connection: The device and the secondary HWTACACS accounting server use the same TCP
connection to exchange all accounting packets for all users. If you do not specify this keyword, the device
establishes a new TCP connection each time it exchanges accounting packets with the secondary
accounting server for a user. If the HWTACACS server supports the single-connection method, HP
recommends that you specify this keyword to reduce TCP connections for improving system performance.
Usage guidelines
Make sure that the port number and shared key settings of the secondary HWTACACS accounting server
are the same as those configured on the server.
You can configure up to 16 secondary HWTACACS accounting servers for an HWTACACS scheme. If
the primary server fails, the device tries to communicate with a secondary server in active state. The
device connects to the secondary servers in the order they are configured.
If you use the undo secondary accounting command without specifying any parameter, the command
removes all secondary accounting servers.
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