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Accounting Services

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Accounting refers to the log information that is kept for each management session in a switch. This 
information may be used to generate reports for troubleshooting and auditing purposes. Accounting can 
be implemented locally or remotely (using RADIUS). The default maximum size of the accounting log 
is 250,000 bytes and cannot be changed.

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<strong>Tip	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> The Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch uses<em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal"> </em>interim-update RADIUS accounting-request packets to 
communicate accounting log information to the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server must be 
appropriately configured to log the information communicated in these packets. Several servers typically 
have log update/watchdog packets flags in the AAA client configuration. Turn on this flag to ensure 
proper RADIUS accounting.

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<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> Configuration operations are automatically recorded in the accounting log if they are performed in 
configuration mode. Additionally, important system events (for example, configuration save and system 
switchover) are also recorded in the accounting log.

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