Features¶

• Features
  • I. Glossary
    • Support level
    • Operating Systems
  • Versions used for this comparison
  • II. Agent
    • Agent internal
    • Wake on Lan (wol)
    • Remote agent call.
    • Network discovery (netdiscovery)
    • SNMP query (snmpquery)
    • Deployement
    • Inventory
  • III. Server
    • Inventory
    • Network discovery
    • Software deployment

I. Glossary¶

Support level¶

Full support

Partial support

No support

Operating Systems¶

Windows

Mac OS X

GNU/Linux

*BSD

Solaris

Versions used for this comparison¶

Comparison is done by using stable releases only :

• FusionInventory-Agent v2.1.x
• FusionInventory plugins 2.3.2 + GLPI 0.78.x
• OCS Inventory-UNIX-Agent v1.1.x + OCS Inventory-Win32 Agent v4.0.6.1
• OCS Inventory Server v1.3.2

II. Agent¶

Agent internal¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
HTML output	Generate Inventory in HTML
Remote wake up	Control the agent from the server
Local wake up	Force the local agent execution			Windows only

Wake on Lan (wol)¶

Note : Wakeonlan ethernet (on OSI level 2) is the most successfull. Unfortunatly it is not supported by all the network interfaces

Feature	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet
UDP
UDP
UDP
UDP

Remote agent call.¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
Token	Wake up the agent remotly. Use a token
Status	Get the agent status (waiting, running)

Network discovery (netdiscovery)¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
IP address	Get network device's IP addresses
Mac address	Get network device's mac address
Computer name (netbios)	Get computer's netbios name
Device DNS	Get device's dns name
Network card manufacturer	Get manufacturer of network card's manufacturer
Switch / network printer name	Get device's name using an SNMP query
Switch / network printer model	Get network device's model
Switch / network printer serial number	Get network device's serial number
SNMP query in version 1	SNMP v1 support
SNMP query in version 2c	SNMP v2 support
SNMP query in version 3	SNMP v3 support (none, partial and full encryption)

SNMP query (snmpquery)¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
Switch informations	get informations like ip, mac, name, model, firmware
Switch ports	get ports and informations related of ports (mtu, errors, counter in/out)
devices connected on each port of switch	get device connected on each ports		Cisco, Nortel and HP only
network printer informations	get informations like ip, mac, name, model, firmware
network printer counter	get count of printed page (black, color, scanned..)
network printer cartridge status	get cartridge status (in %)
IP phone / voip server	get all IP phone from voip server
SNMP query in version 1	Version 1 of SNMP
SNMP query in version 2c	Version2 of SNMP
SNMP query in version 3	Version 3 of SNMP (none, partial and full crypted)

Deployement¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
OCS Deploy	Deploy software / run command / store files
OCS Deploy p2p	Ocs deployment using peer 2 peer capacity
OCS User Query	Ask the user if the insallation must be postpone			Windows only
WPKG	Deploy tool

Inventory¶

Feature	Detail	OS source	FusionInventory Agent	OcsInventory Agent
VM - VirtualBox	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Libvirt	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Parallels	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Qemu	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - SolarisZones	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Virtuozzo	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - VmWareDesktop	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - VmWareESX	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Vserver	Get informations of vm created on computer
VM - Xen	Get informations of vm created on computer
Software - name	Get name
Software - pack	Get software pack
Software - KB	Get KB (MS updates)
Software - uninstall command	Get uninstall command
Software - serial number	Get serial number of software
Software - install date	Get installation date
Software - 32/64 bits	Get software list on Windows 32 & 64 bits			Only 32 bits
Software - software URL	Get URL of software
Software - help URL (for KB)	Get help URL for KB
Software - version number	Get version number
Software - language	Get software's language
Printers - serial number	Get serial number of local printers
Printers - USB	Get USB printers informations
Hard Drives - Model	Get hard drive model
Hard Drives - serial number	Get serial number
Hard Drives - interface	Get interface name
Bios - asset TAG	Get asset TAG
Bios - manufacturing date	Get manufacturing date
Bios - BIOS manufacturer	Get manufacturing date
Bios - version	Get bios version
Bios - manufacturer	Get manufacturer of computer
Bios - model	Get computer model
Bios - serial number	Get computer serial number
Batteries - serial number	Get serial number of battery
Batteries - last charge level	Get last charge level
Batteries - technology	Get technology (ex: lithium )
Batteries - model	Get model (ex: Li-lon Battery )
Batteries - manufacturer	Get manufacturer
Processor - CPU number	Get CPU number
Processor - core number	Get core number	(windows vista mini)
Processor - CPU frequency	Get CPU frequency
Processus - start command	Get start command
Processus - CPU usage	Get CPU usage
Processus - used physical memory	Get used physical memory
Processus - used swap memory	Get used swap memory
Processus - PID	Get PID
Processus - start date	Get start date
Processus - terminal	Get terminal name
Processus - user	Get user name
Antivirus - company (Windows clients >= XP)	Get company
Antivirus - name (Windows clients >= XP)	Get name
Antivirus - active (Windows clients >= XP)	Get active or not
Antivirus - version (Windows clients >= XP)	Get version
Antivirus - identity (Windows clients >= XP)	Get identity
PCI - Collect PCI ID	Get the complet PCI ids of the devices

III. Server¶

Inventory¶

Feature	Detail	FusionInventory for GLPI	OcsInventory Server
Processor	Display processors & cores informations
Memory	Display memory informations
Controllers	Display controllers
Slot	Display slots
Port	Display ports
Graphical card	Display graphical cards
Monitor	Display monitors
Software	Display softwares list
Network informations	Display network informations
Printer	Display printers
Sound card	Display sound cards
Drive & volume	Display drives & volumes
Bios	Display bios informations (serial, manufacturer,etc)
Windows registry	Display informations from the Windows registry
Os serials	Display OS serial number & product ID
Batteries	Display batteries
Antivirus	Display antivirus
Virtual machines	Display virtual machines & link with the host

Network discovery¶

Feature	Detail	FusionInventory for GLPI	OcsInventory Server
Nmap	Discover using Nmap or similar
Netbios	Discover using netbios
SNMP	Discover using SNMP
IP address	Get IP address
Mac address	Get Mac address
Name	Get name	Nnamp/Netbios/SNMP	Nmap
User	Get user connected	using Netbios
Known device	Device device as known
History on known device	History of network changes on known device
Know device connections with other assets	Create network link between know device port and other assets port
Import known devices in GLPI	Import know device as a new asset
Delegated known devices by entity in GLPI	A GLPI administrator can manage know devices on his own

Software deployment¶

Feature	Detail	FusionInventory for GLPI	OcsInventory Server
Static assignation	Assign a package to a group of machines statically
Dynamic assignation	Assign a package to a group of machines dynamically
P2P deployment	Deploy packages using p2p technology