Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual

Configuring Accounting for ASA

Managing Switch Security

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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide

Accounting servers track network resources such as time, packets, bytes, etc., and user activity (when a 
user logs in and out, how many login attempts were made, session length, etc.). The accounting servers 
may be located anywhere in the network.

Note the following:

• Up to 4 servers may be configured.

• The servers may be different types.

• ACE cannot be used as an accounting server. 

• The keyword local must be specified if you want accounting to be performed via the Switch Logging 

feature in the switch. If local is specified, it must be the last server in the list.

Note that external accounting servers are configured through the 

 and 

commands. These commands are described in “Managing Authentication Servers” in the OmniSwitch 
6600 Family Network Configuration Guide. 

To enable accounting (logging a user session) for Authenticated Switch Access, use the 

 command with the relevant server name(s). In this example, the RADIUS and LDAP servers have 

already been configured through the aaa radius-server and aaa ldap-server commands.

-> aaa accounting session rad1 ldap2 local

After this command is entered, accounting will be performed through the rad1 RADIUS server. If that 
server is unavailable, the LDAP server, ldap2, will be used for accounting. If that server is unavailable, 
logging will be done locally on the switch through the Switch Logging feature. (For more information 
about Switch Logging, see the OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide.)

To remove an individual server from the list of servers, enter the aaa accounting session command with 
the relevant server name(s), removing the desired server from the list. For example:

-> aaa accounting session rad1 local

The server ldap2 is removed as an accounting server.

To disable accounting for Authenticated Switch Access, use the no form of the aaa accounting session 
command:

-> no aaa accounting session

Accounting will not be performed for Authenticated Switch Access sessions.