Enabling RADIUS-SNMP accounting

Before you begin

You must configure a RADIUS server before you can enable RADIUS-SNMP accounting.

About this task

Enable Remote Access Dial-in User Services (RADIUS) Simple Network Managing Protocol (SNMP) accounting globally. Use SNMP to remotely collect management data. An SNMP agent is a software process that monitors the UDP port 161 for SNMP messages. Each SNMP message sent to the agent contains a list of management objects.

Procedure

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Enable RADIUS Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) accounting globally:

radius-snmp acct-enable
Set a timer to send a stop accounting message for RADIUS Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP):

radius-snmp abort-session-timer <30–65535>
Set the timer for re-authentication of the SNMP session:

radius-snmp re-auth-timer <30–65535>
Specify the user name for SNMP access:

radius-snmp user WORD <0–20>

Example

Switch:1> enable

Switch:1# configure terminal

Switch:1(config)# radius-snmp acct-enable

Switch:1(config)# radius-snmp abort-session-timer 30

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the radius-snmp command.

Table 1. Variable definitions
Variable	Value
acct-enable	Enables RADIUS accounting globally. You cannot enable RADIUS accounting before you configure a valid server. The system disables RADIUS accounting by default. The default is false. Use the no option to disable RADIUS accounting globally: no radius-snmp acct-enable
abort-session-timer `<30–65535>`	Set the timer, in seconds, to send a stop accounting message. The default is 180.
re-auth-timer `<30–65535>`	Sets timer for re-authentication of the SNMP session. The timer value ranges from 30 to 65535 seconds. The default is 180.
user `WORD <0–20>`	Specifies the user name for SNMP access. WORD <0–20> specifies the user name in a range of 0 to 20 characters. The default is snmp_user.