Setting HWTACACS timers

About HWTACACS timers and server status

The device uses the following timers to control communication with an HWTACACS server:

The server quiet timer setting affects the status of HWTACACS servers. If the scheme includes one primary HWTACACS server and multiple secondary HWTACACS servers, the device communicates with the HWTACACS servers based on the following rules:

Restrictions and guidelines

A short real-time accounting interval helps improve accounting precision but requires many system resources. When there are 1000 or more users, set a real-time accounting interval longer than 15 minutes.

Procedure

  1. Enter system view.

    system-view

  2. Enter HWTACACS scheme view.

    hwtacacs scheme hwtacacs-scheme-name

  3. Set the HWTACACS timers. Choose the following tasks as needed:

    • Set the HWTACACS server response timeout timer.

      timer response-timeout seconds

      By default, the HWTACACS server response timeout timer is 5 seconds.

    • Set the real-time accounting interval.

      timer realtime-accounting minutes

      By default, the real-time accounting interval is 12 minutes.

    • Set the server quiet timer.

      timer quiet minutes

      By default, the server quiet timer is 5 minutes.