Accounting service types

The switch supports four types of accounting services:
  • Network accounting:
    Provides records containing the information listed below on clients directly connected to the switch and operating under Port-Based Access Control (802.1X):

    • Acct-Session-Id

    • Acct-Status-Type

    • Acct-Terminate-Cause

    • Acct-Authentic

    • Acct-Delay-Time

    • Acct-Input-Packets

    • Acct-Output-Packets

    • Acct-Input-Octets

    • Nas-Port

    • Acct-Output-Octets

    • Acct-Session-Time

    • User-Name

    • Service-Type

    • NAS-IP-Address

    • NAS-Identifier

    • Calling-Station-Id

    • HP-acct-terminate-cause

    • MS-RAS-Vendor

  • Exec accounting:
    Provides records holding the information listed below about login sessions (console, Telnet, and SSH) on the switch:

    • Acct-Session-Id

    • Acct-Status-Type

    • Acct-Terminate-Cause

    • Acct-Authentic

    • Acct-Delay-Time

    • Acct-Session-Time

    • User-Name

    • Service-Type

    • NAS-IP-Address

    • NAS-Identifier

    • Calling-Station-Id

    • MS-RAS-Vendor

  • System accounting:
    Provides records containing the information listed below when system events occur on the switch, including system reset, system boot, and enabling or disabling of system accounting.

    • Acct-Session-Id

    • Acct-Status-Type

    • Acct-Terminate-Cause

    • Acct-Authentic

    • Acct-Delay-Time

    • Username

    • Service-Type

    • NAS-IP-Address

    • NAS-Identifier

    • Calling-Station-Id

    • Acct-Session-Time

    • MS-RAS-Vendor

  • Commands accounting:
    Provides records containing information on CLI command execution during user sessions.

    • Acct-Session-Id

    • Acct-Status-Type

    • Service-Type

    • Acct-Authentic

    • User-Name

    • NAS-IP-Address

    • NAS-Identifier

    • NAS-Port-Type

    • Calling-Station-Id

    • HP-Command-String

    • Acct-Delay-Time

The switch forwards the accounting information it collects to the designated RADIUS server, where the information is formatted, stored, and managed by the server. For more information on this aspect of RADIUS accounting, see the documentation provided with your RADIUS server.