Accounting List Configuration: Accounting Selection

Use the Accounting List Configuration page to associate an accounting list with each access method. For each access method, the following two accounting lists are associated:

  • Exec – The accounting list to record user login and logout times.
  • Commands – The accounting list to record which actions a user takes on the system, such as page views or configuration changes. This list also records the time when the action occurred. For terminal access methods, this list records the CLI commands a user executes and when each command is issued.

To access this page, click System > AAA > Accounting Selection in the navigation menu.

Complete the following fields in the Accounting Selection tab:

Click to expand in new window

Accounting List Configuration Fields

Field Description
Terminal The access methods in this section are CLI-based.
  • Console: The Exec accounting list and the Commands accounting list to apply to users who access the CLI by using a connection to the console port.
  • Telnet: The Exec accounting list and the Commands accounting list to apply to users who access the CLI by using a Telnet session.
  • SSH: The Exec accounting list and the Commands accounting list to apply to users who access the CLI by using an SSH (Secure Shell) session.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol The access methods in this section are through a web browser.
  • HTTP: The Exec accounting list and the Commands accounting list to apply to users who access the web-based management interface by using HTTP.
  • Telnet: The Exec accounting list and the Commands accounting list to apply to users who access the web-based management interface by using secure HTTP.

If you change any of the parameters, click Submit to apply the changes to the system. If you want the switch to retain the new values across a power cycle, you must save the configuration.