Network Inventory Management collates all network infrastructure data and keeps it up to date, helping to streamline processes that improve operational performance. Network inventory management solutions offer reporting functions, and process modeling to automate work-intensive, back-office processes. With this software the system or network administrator will know what is on their network, how it is configured, and when it changes.
This type of software puts to pasture the antiquated way of tracking network inventory, dispensing with the horrid spreadsheet or word processing document.
Network inventory management software reduces time and costs by helping administrators locate information for every day operational issues. With an up-to-date network inventory there is the basis for optimizing devices to fully exhaust their potential and cost-effectively meet your needs. Another benefit offered by using this type of software is that service provisioning is both faster and more accurate. With increased efficiency comes a more accurate overview of the network.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 14 high quality network inventory solutions for Linux. Our ratings chart captures our recommendations.
Click the links in the table below to learn more about each program.
| Network Inventory Management | |
|---|---|
| NetBox | Manage and document computer networks |
| Snipe-IT | Asset management system |
| Ralph | Simple yet full featured Asset Management, DCIM and CMDB |
| Foreman | Life cycle systems management tool |
| GLPI | Asset and IT management software |
| Racktables | Robust solution for datacenter and server room asset management |
| Nornir | Pluggable multi-threaded framework |
| openDCIM | Data Center Inventory Management application |
| Open-AudIT | Network auditing application |
| OCSING | Hardware and software inventory tool |
| opsi | Client management system to manage heterogeneous environments |
| Netdisco | Web-based network management tool |
| TeemIp | Manage network addressing data and related infrastructure records |
| FusionInventory | IT asset and inventory management |
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for another great round up. However, in my humble opinion, InvenTree does not belong to the “Network Inventory Management” group of apps.
It is an app that focuses to be a complete MES (Manufacturing Execution System). Hence, it is not specialized and focused on IT asset management.
Hi Ismail
Thanks for sharing your opinion. I appreciate that!
I don’t think I’d describe InvenTree as a complete MES, as it’s mainly focused on Inventory Management System (IMS) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). But I agree with you that InvenTree doesn’t belong in the Network Inventory Management roundup. I think I had been planning on widening the roundup to not just include Network Inventory Management but this created issues.
Cutting a long story short, I’ve removed InvenTree from this roundup.