RADIUS Accounting protocol

Managing dispersed serial line and modem pools for large numbers of users can create the need for significant administrative support. Since modem pools are by definition a link to the outside world, they require careful attention to security, authorization and accounting. This can be best achieved by managing a single database of users, which allows for authentication (verifying user name and password) as well as configuration information detailing the type of service to deliver to the user (for example telnet, rlogin).

In previous releases, Passport 1000 Series switches implemented only RADIUS authentication. In this release, the RADIUS Accounting protocol is implemented as defined in RFC 2866. Once enabled, the activity of each remote user is logged on the centralized RADIUS accounting server.

• Configuring RADIUS Accounting using Device Manager



Field	Description
Acct On Requests	Number of accounting on requests sent to the server.
Acct Off Requests	Number of accounting off requests sent to the server.
Acct Start Requests	Number of accounting start requests sent to the server.
Acct Stop Requests	Number of accounting stop requests sent to the server.
Acct Interim Requests	Number of accounting interim requests sent to the server.
Acct Bad Responses	Number of external (LS type 5) link state advertisements in the link state database.
Acct Pending Requests	Number of request waiting to be sent to the server.
Acct Client Retries	Number of retries made to this server.