Live Monitoring: Accounting

The Accounting page provides a dynamic report that describes session access, as reported by the network access device by means of RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  or TACACS+ Terminal Access Controller Access Control System+. TACACS+ provides separate authentication, authorization, and accounting services. It is derived from, but not backward compatible with, TACACS.  accounting records. To bring up the Accounting page, navigate to Monitoring > Live Monitoring > Accounting.

Figure 1  Live Monitoring > Accounting Page

 

You can click any row in the Accounting page to drill down and display the corresponding Accounting Record Details page for the selected session. For details, see RADIUS Accounting Details > Summary Tab and TACACS+ Accounting Record Details > Auth Sessions Tab.

Modifying the Accounting Page Parameters

You can filter or modify the information displayed in this table by creating a filter, or selecting a different server, domain, or time range. To filter the data currently displayed in the Accounting page:

1. Navigate to the Monitoring > Live Monitoring > Accounting page.

2. Click Edit.

The Edit Accounting Page dialog opens.

This page provides a dynamic report that describes session access as reported by the network access device.

Figure 2  Edit Accounting Page Dialog

3. Specify the Edit Accounting Page parameters as described in Table 1:

Table 1: Edit Accounting Page Parameters

Parameter

Action/Description

Select Server/ Domain

Select the Policy Manager server for the dashboard data to be displayed.

Select Filter

To constrain the data display, select a filter from the drop-down list.

You can select one of the following filters:

Protocol

User

Access Device

Select Date Range

Select the number of days prior to the configured date for which the accounting data is to be displayed. You can specify the duration from one day to a week.

or Show Latest

To view the latest information, click the ...or Show Latest link.