Use the Security > AAA > Accounting page to enable accounting of requested services for billing or security purposes, and also to display the configured accounting methods, the methods applied to specific interfaces, and basic accounting information recorded for user sessions.
Configure Global
Specifies the interval at which the local accounting service updates information for all users on the system to the accounting server. (Range: 1-2147483647 minutes)
Configure Method
Specifies the service as:
Accounting for end users.
Administrative accounting for local console, Telnet, or SSH connections.
Specifies an accounting method for service requests. The "default" methods are used for a requested service if no other methods have been defined. (Range: 1-64 characters)
Note that the method name is only used to describe the accounting method configured on the specified RADIUS or TACACS+ servers. No information is sent to the servers about the method to use.
Records user activity from log-in to log-off point.
Specifies the accounting server group. (Range: 1-64 characters)
The group names "radius" and "tacacs+" specifies all configured RADIUS and TACACS+ hosts. Any other group name refers to a server group configured on the Security > AAA > Server (Configure Group) page.
Configure Service
Specifies the service as 802.1X, Command or Exec as described in the preceding section.
Specifies a user defined accounting method to apply to an interface. This method must be defined in the Configure Method page. (Range: 1-64 characters)
The CLI privilege levels (0-15).
Specifies a user-defined method name to apply to commands entered at the specified CLI privilege level through the console interface.
Specifies a user-defined method name to apply to commands entered at the specified CLI privilege level through Telnet or SSH.
Specifies a user defined method name to apply to console connections.
Specifies a user defined method name to apply to Telnet and SSH connections.
Show Information - Summary
Displays the accounting service.
Displays the user-defined or default accounting method.
Displays the accounting server group.
Displays the port, console or Telnet interface to which these rules apply. (This field is null if the accounting method and associated server group has not been assigned to an interface.)
Show Information - Statistics
Displays a registered user name.
Displays the accounting service.
Displays the receive port number through which this user accessed the switch.
Displays the length of time this entry has been active.