Cisco Systems 3130 User Manual

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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7      Configuring Switch-Based Authentication
Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS
Starting TACACS+ Accounting
The AAA accounting feature tracks the services that users are accessing and the amount of network 
resources that they are consuming. When AAA accounting is enabled, the switch reports user activity to 
the TACACS+ security server in the form of accounting records. Each accounting record contains 
accounting attribute-value (AV) pairs and is stored on the security server. This data can then be analyzed 
for network management, client billing, or auditing.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable TACACS+ accounting for each Cisco 
IOS privilege level and for network services:
To disable accounting, use the no aaa accounting {network | exec} {start-stopmethod1... global 
configuration command.
Displaying the TACACS+ Configuration
To display TACACS+ server statistics, use the show tacacs privileged EXEC command.
Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS 
This section describes how to enable and configure the RADIUS, which provides detailed accounting 
information and flexible administrative control over authentication and authorization processes. 
RADIUS is facilitated through AAA and can be enabled only through AAA commands.
Note
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, see the Cisco IOS 
Security Command Reference, Release 12.2
.
These sections contain this configuration information:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
aaa accounting network start-stop 
tacacs+
Enable TACACS+ accounting for all network-related service requests. 
Step 3
aaa accounting exec start-stop tacacs+
Enable TACACS+ accounting to send a start-record accounting notice at 
the beginning of a privileged EXEC process and a stop-record at the end.
Step 4
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
show running-config
Verify your entries.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.