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Chapter 60 Router Device Administration
AAA Policy Page
Field Reference
Table 60-5 AAA Page—Accounting Tab
Element Description
Connection Accounting settings
Enable Connection
Accounting
When selected, enables the recording of information about outbound
connections (such as Telnet) made over this device, using the methods
defined in the method list.
When deselected, connection accounting is not performed.
Generate Accounting
Records for
Defines when the device sends an accounting notice to the accounting
server:
• Start and Stop—Generates accounting records at the beginning and
the end of the user process. The user process begins regardless of
whether the accounting server receives the “start” accounting
record.
• Stop Only—Generates an accounting record at the end of the user
process only.
• None—Disables this type of accounting.
Prioritized Method List Defines a sequential list of methods to be queried when creating
connection accounting records for a user. Enter the names of one or
more AAA server group objects (up to 10 for IOS 12.4(22)T+,
otherwise up to four), or click Select to select them. Use the up and
down arrows in the object selector to define the order in which the
selected server groups should be used. If the object that you want is not
listed, click the Create button to create it.
Supported methods include LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
Enable Broadcast to Multiple
Servers
When selected, enables the sending of accounting records to multiple
AAA servers. Accounting records are sent simultaneously to the first
server in each AAA server group defined in the method list. If the first
server is unavailable, failover occurs using the backup servers defined
within that group.
When deselected, accounting records are sent only to the first server in
the first AAA server group defined in the method list.
EXEC Accounting Settings
Enable CLI/EXEC
Operations Accounting
When selected, enables the recording of basic information about user
EXEC sessions, using the methods defined in the method list.
When deselected, EXEC accounting is not performed.
Generate Accounting
Records for
See description Table 42-7 on page 42-17.
Prioritized Method List Defines a sequential list of methods to be queried when creating
connection accounting records for a user. Enter the names of one or
more AAA server group objects (up to 10 for IOS 12.4(22)T+,
otherwise up to four), or click Select to select them. Use the up and
down arrows in the object selector to define the order in which the
selected server groups should be used. If the object that you want is not
listed, click the Create button to create it.