Chapter 7 - Accounting; Accounting; Sending Accounting Messages To A Syslog Server; Table 7-1 Accounting - Tut Systems SMS2000 User Manual

Accounting

Chapter 7 - Accounting

Accounting entails the reporting of network resource usage.
Accounting
The SMS2000 is capable of performing accounting by using an external server (OCS,
RADIUS, or Syslog). For more information on using the OCS for accounting, see the
OCS User's Guide. For more information on RADIUS, see Chapter 13, "Using SMS2000
with a RADIUS Server." Scenarios for performing these functions in various
configurations are described below.
Accounting
Table 7-1 shows how accounting is performed with no external server, with RADIUS,
and with the OCS.

Table 7-1 Accounting

Server
With syslog
With RADIUS
With OCS
RADIUS accounting is available with the OCS authentication.
Sending Accounting Messages to a
Syslog Server
To enable and disable transmission of RADIUS-style accounting messages to the
configured syslog server, use this command:
acct syslog {on | off}
For example, to send usage information to the configured syslog server instead of to a
RADIUS server.
sms2000% acct syslog on
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Functionality
Only syslog session information is available. This information is sent using
unreliable UDP transport and, depending on network conditions, may not
be delivered in every case. Syslog messages are sent in a similar fashion as
standard RADIUS START and STOP messages
The SMS2000 sends session information with standard START and STOP
records. START records are sent upon authorization. STOP records are
sent when a client is no longer responsive to periodic ARPs sent by the
SMS2000, usually because it is disconnected or shut down.
The OCS offers enhanced resource accounting.
This command is ignored if no syslog server has been configured.
Note:
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