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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
Step 3. Select the Display button. The AAA server manager will display a list of active
sessions.