Configuring an Accounting Policy

Before an accounting policy can be created, a target log file must be created to collect the accounting records. The files are stored in system memory on the compact flash drive in a compressed (tar) XML format and can be retrieved using FTP or SCP. See Configuring an Event Log and Configuring a File ID.

Accounting policies must be configured in the config>log context before they can be applied to a SAP or service interface, or applied to a network port. For information about associating an accounting policy with a SAP or a network port, see the 7705 SAR Services Guide or the 7705 SAR Interface Configuration Guide (respectively).

An accounting policy must define a record type and collection interval. Only one record type can be configured per accounting policy.

When creating accounting policies, one service accounting policy and one network accounting policy can be defined as default. If statistics collection is enabled on a SAP or network port and no accounting policy is applied, the respective default policy is used. If no default policy is defined, no statistics are collected unless a specifically defined accounting policy is applied.

Use the following CLI syntax to configure an accounting policy:

CLI Syntax:

config>log> 
    accounting-policy acct-policy-id
        collection-interval minutes
        default
        description description-string
        record record-name 
        to file log-file-id
        no shutdown

The following displays an example of the accounting policy configuration command syntax:

Example:

config>log# accounting-policy 4
config>log>acct-policy# description "This is the default
  accounting policy."
config>log>acct-policy# record service-ingress-packets
config>log>acct-policy# default
config>log>acct-policy# to file 1
config>log>acct-policy# exit
config>log# accounting-policy 5
config>log>acct-policy# description "This is a test 
  accounting policy."
config>log>acct-policy# record service-ingress-packets
config>log>acct-policy# to file 2
config>log>acct-policy#

The following displays the accounting policy configuration:

ALU-12>config>log# info
----------------------------------------------
    accounting-policy 4
        description "This is the default accounting policy."
        record service-ingress-packets
        default
        to file 1
    exit
    accounting-policy 5
        description "This is a test accounting policy."
        record service-ingress-packets
        to file 2
    exit
----------------------------------------------
ALU-12>config>log#