Open Computer and Software Inventory Next Generation is an application designed to help a network or system administrator keep track of the computers configuration and software that are installed on the network.

OCS Inventory is also able to detect all active devices on your network, such as switch, router, network printer and unattended devices. For each one, it stores MAC and IP addresses and allows you to classify them.

When running Administration console under Linux, if nmap and nmblookup are available, you will also be able to scan an IP or a sub network for detailled informations about uninventoried hosts.

Last, but not least, OCS Inventory NG includes package deployment feature on client computers. From the central management server, you can upload packages (software setup, commands or only files to store on client computers) which will be downloaded through HTTP/HTTPS and launched by agent on client computer.