Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family timer realtime-accounting ● 297
Command Reference
timer realtime-accounting
Purpose Use the timer realtime-accounting command to configure a real-time
accounting interval.
Use the undo timer realtime-accounting command to restore the default
interval.
Syntax timer realtime-accounting minutes
undo timer realtime-accounting
Parameters minutes
Real-time accounting interval (in minutes). Valid values
are multiples of 3 between 3 and 60.
If no value is specified, the default is 12 minutes.
Example Set the real-time accounting interval in the HWTACACS scheme “3Com” to 51
minutes.
[3Com-hwtacacs-3Com] timer realtime-accounting 51
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ HWTACACS view
Description Real-time accounting interval is necessary for real-time accounting. After an interval
value is set, the NAS transmits the accounting information of online users to the
TACACS accounting server at intervals of this value.
The setting of real-time accounting interval depends somewhat on the performance
of the NAS and the TACACS server: a shorter interval requires higher device
performance. You are therefore recommended to adopt a longer interval when there
are a large number of users (more than 1000, inclusive). The following table
recommends the ratio of minutes to the number of users.
Table 1 Recommended ratio of minutes to the number of users
Number of users Real-time accounting interval (minute)
1 – 99 3
100 – 499 6
500 – 999 12
=1000 =15