HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration - Page 282

Configuring AAA Accounting Default Methods Configuring AAA Step 4 Step 5 Command or Action switch# show aaa authentication login mschap switch# copy running-config startup-config Purpose (Optional) Displays the MS-CHAP configuration. (Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. Related Topics • About VSAs, page 237 Configuring AAA Accounting Default Methods The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch supports TACACS+ and RADIUS methods for accounting. The switches report user activity to TACACS+ or RADIUS security servers in the form of accounting records. Each accounting record contains accounting attribute-value (AV) pairs and is stored on the AAA server. When you activate AAA accounting, the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch reports these attributes as accounting records, which are then stored in an accounting log on the security server. You can create default method lists defining specific accounting methods, which include the following:. • RADIUS server group-Uses the global pool of RADIUS servers for accounting. • Specified server group-Uses a specified RADIUS or TACACS+ server group for accounting. • Local-Uses the local username or password database for accounting. Note If you have configured server groups and the server groups do not respond, by default the local database is used for authentication. Before you configure AAA accounting default methods, configure RADIUS or TACACS+ server groups as needed. To configure AAA accounting default methods, perform this task: Procedure Step 1 Step 2 Command or Action switch# configure terminal Purpose Enters configuration mode. switch(config)# aaa accounting Configures default accounting method. One or more server default {group group-list | group names can be specified in a space separated list. local} The group-list argument consists of a space-delimited list of group names. The group names are of the following: • radius -Uses the global pool of RADIUS servers for accounting. Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide 236 OL-16597-01