1-35 
 
z  For real-time accounting, a NAS must transmit the accounting information of online users to the 
HWTACACS accounting server periodically. Note that if the device does not receive any response 
to the information, it does not disconnect the online users forcibly   
z  The real-time accounting interval must be a multiple of 3. 
z  The setting of the real-time accounting interval somewhat depends on the performance of the 
NAS and the HWTACACS server: a shorter interval requires higher performance. 
 
Displaying and Maintaining HWTACACS 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Display configuration information 
or statistics of the specified or all 
HWTACACS schemes 
display hwtacacs 
[ hwtacacs-server-name 
[ statistics ] ] [ slot slot-number ] 
Available in any view 
Display information about 
buffered stop-accounting 
requests that get no responses 
display stop-accounting-buffer 
hwtacacs-scheme 
hwtacacs-scheme-name [ slot 
slot-number ] 
Available in any view 
Clear HWTACACS statistics 
reset hwtacacs statistics 
{ accounting | all | authentication 
| authorization } [ slot 
slot-number ] 
Available in user view 
Clear buffered stop-accounting 
requests that get no responses 
reset stop-accounting-buffer 
hwtacacs-scheme 
hwtacacs-scheme-name [ slot 
slot-number ] 
Available in user view 
 
AAA Configuration Examples 
AAA for Telnet Users by a HWTACACS Server 
Network requirements 
As shown in Figure 1-7, configure the switch to use the HWTACACS server to provide authentication, 
authorization, and accounting services to login users.   
z  The HWTACACS server is used for authentication, authentication, and accounting. Its IP address 
is 10.1.1.1. 
z  On the switch, set the shared keys for authentication, authorization, and accounting packets to 
expert. Configure the switch to remove the domain name from a user name before sending the 
user name to the HWTACACS server. 
z  On the HWTACACS server, set the shared keys for packets exchanged with the switch to expert.