Cascade Pilot Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cascade Pilot?
- How does Cascade Pilot Personal Edition differ from Cascade Pilot?
- What are the minimum system requirements needed to run Cascade Pilot?
- Does Cascade Pilot work with Windows 7?
- How many Cascade Shark appliances can I use with my Cascade Pilot?
- Does the Cascade Shark appliance come with Cascade Pilot?
- What else can I do with my Cascade Pilot?
- My Anti-Virus utility is warning me that Pilot is infected when I try to install or run it. After installing, I am still prompted for the 'setup.msi' file. I downloaded Pilot from your website, it is really infected?
The Cascade Pilot is an expanded version of Cascade Pilot Personal Edition that seamlessly and securely interfaces with one or more Cascade Shark appliances to display, drill down into, rewind, alert, and report on, network traffic captured by the Appliances.
All features of the Cascade Pilot Personal Edition (formerly CACE Pilot) analysis toolset have been migrated to Cascade Pilot. In addition, Cascade Pilot works in a distributed environment by connecting to a Cascade Shark appliance to capture remote data.
Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
Suggested Hardware Platform:
Pentium-D (dual core) 2.0 Ghz processor
2 GB RAM
300 MB free disk space plus additional space for trace files and reports is needed
Support for graphics cards with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768
Yes, Cascade Pilot runs on Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit operating systems.
No, the Cascade Shark appliance are sold separately.
You can access remotely an unlimited number of Cascade Shark appliances from a single PC running Cascade Pilot.
The Cascade Pilot can do EVERYTHING that Cascade Pilot Personal Edition can do locally. It can also:
- Remotely connect to a Cascade Shark appliance
- Capture remote network data and analyze packets
- Apply Views to discern ports, protocols and applications running on your network
- Provides hundreds of Views available for traffic analysis
- Apply Alerts and Watches that are triggered by preset or customizable parameters.
- Watches can be sent to the Cascade Pilot, email, syslog, Twitter and more!
If you have additional questions concerning the functionality of Cascade Pilot please review the Cascade Pilot Personal Edition FAQs at http://www.cacetech.com/support/cascade_pilot_personal_edition_faq.html.
My Anti-Virus utility is warning me that Pilot is infected when I try to install or run it. After installing, I am still prompted for the 'setup.msi' file. I downloaded Pilot from your website, it is really infected?
Our Pilot applications are occasionally associated with false positives by anti-virus scanners due to the security used in our application. We suggest deactivating your A/V software before installing Pilot, after which A/V can be re-enabled. In some instances an exclusion must be permanently applied within the A/V program for the specific files triggering the false positives. For your safety, all of our installers are thoroughly scanned for malware before being placed on our website for download. MD5 hash codes are also available as double-check and can be found in your 'My Account' page when downloading the Pilot installer.
Below are links from two well-known anti-virus companies with information on setting up exclusions. If you have a different brand of A/V, please contact your manufacturer for additional assistance:
Symantec Exclusion:
http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/centralized-exceptions-policies-why-use-them-and-how-configure-them
McAfee Exclusion:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB69805&actp=LIST_RECENT