Configuring Accounting On The Switch; Accounting Default Configuration; Accounting Configuration Guidelines - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Chapter 39 Configuring the Switch Access Using AAA

Configuring Accounting on the Switch

These sections describe how to configure accounting for both TACACS+ and RADIUS:
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Accounting Default Configuration

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Table 39-4
Feature
Accounting
Accounting events (EXEC, system, commands, and connect)
Accounting records

Accounting Configuration Guidelines

This section describes the guidelines for configuring accounting on the switch:
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The amount of DRAM that is allocated for one accounting event is approximately 500 bytes. The total
Note
amount of DRAM that is used by accounting depends on the number of concurrent accountable events
in the system.
Configuring Accounting
These sections describe how to configure RADIUS and TACACS+ accounting on the switch:
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Accounting Default Configuration, page 39-55
Accounting Configuration Guidelines, page 39-55
Configuring Accounting, page 39-55
shows the accounting default configuration.
Accounting Default Configuration
Configure the RADIUS and TACACS+ servers before enabling accounting. See the
TACACS+ Servers" section on page 39-19
page 39-26 for more information on the server setup.
Configure the RADIUS and TACACS+ keys to encrypt the protocol packets before enabling
accounting. See the "Specifying the TACACS+ Key" section on page 39-21
RADIUS Key" section on page 39-26
Enabling Accounting, page 39-56
Disabling Accounting, page 39-57
or the "Specifying RADIUS Servers" section on
for more information on the key setup.
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
Configuring Accounting on the Switch
Default Value
Disabled
Disabled
Stop-only
"Specifying
or the "Specifying the
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