Chapter 2      Installing the ALI Formatting Tool

Installing the ALI Formatting Tool

Installing the ALI Formatting Tool

The ALI Formatting Tool (AFT) is downloadable from the Internet. To install 

AFT, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Start the Cisco MCS or Cisco certified server and log in to Windows 2000.

Step 2

Use a web browser to access the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi bin/tablebuild.pl/aft

Step 3

Download the AFT installation file that is specific to your service provider.

The AFT .exe files are named as shown here:

CER aft 

.    

.exe

where 

serviceprovider 

is the name of your Service Provider

and 

mainrelease, minorrelease 

and 

maintrelease

 make up the AFT release 

number.

For example, to select the SBC Pacific Bell AFT, click on: 

CER aft SBC_PacBell.1 1 1.exe

Step 4

Double click on the downloaded file to launch the installer.

The Welcome to the ALI Formatting Tool (AFT) Installation Wizard screen 

appears.

Step 5

At this point, the installation checks for the presence of Cisco ER 1.1 or later.

If Cisco ER 1.1 or later is not present, you are prompted to install it. The 

installation of AFT will not continue until Cisco ER 1.1 or later is present.

Step 6

Click 

Next

.

The License Agreement Screen appears.

Step 7

Select 

Accept

 and click 

Next

.

The User Information Screen appears.

Step 8

Enter the user name and organization information and click 

Next

.

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