Basic Configuration Tasks
Session Logging and Monitoring
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Session Logging and Monitoring
You can view the log files that record the details of each AAA transaction
or the session logs that record information about each user's session. You
can also access information for active sessions and manually terminate a
session if necessary.
These functions can be accessed by selecting the Maintenance menu
items from the Server Manager Navigation Tree. When you use any of
these functions, you will retrieve information from all servers selected in
the Server Manager’s Server Status section.
Viewing User Session
After a user is successfully authenticated and the AAA server sends an
Access-Accept, the access device will send an Accounting-Request
message to start the session. The AAA server stores information about
the session in an active session record. When the users session is
terminated, the client sends an Accounting-Request message to stop the
session. When a AAA server receives the stop message, it clears its active
record for the session and writes the session information to a file.Use the
following steps to display session information for a particular user:
Step 1. Through the Server Manager interface, select the Sessions link from the
Navigation Tree located in the left frame of the browser
Step 2. Enter search parameters in the Session Filter screen that appears.
Retrieved session will be restricted to the specified search parameters.
Figure 3-3 Sessions Search Filter Screen
