MagniComp(tm) SysInfo(tm) 7 GA

www.MagniComp.com/sysinfo

August 8, 2006

MagniComp(tm) announces the General Availability (GA) release of SysInfo(tm) 7 with major new features such as Virtual Machine recognition, System Services, and Operating System Patch reporting. This release also introduces support for MacOS X on Intel Mac systems.

NEW PLATFORMS

Version 7 is the first release of SysInfo to support Intel based Mac systems running MacOS X 10.4 and later. Existing support for MacOS X 10.3 and later on PowerPC based Mac hardware continues to be supported. Hardware related data for both PowerPC and Intel systems has been significantly enhanced over previous releases.

NEW FEATURES

This release features significant new features such as the new Virtual Machine class recognition, System Services class, and Operating System Patch reporting class.

The major new features are:

Operating System Patches (Patch class) is a new data class which reports all patches applied to the operating system. The reported data includes patch ID, summary, description, date installed, bug fix IDs, status, and much more.
Service is a new data class which reports all system services (aka servers) which are configured on the system. The reported data includes service name, ID, description, state, and enabled boot levels.
Virtual Machine Guests (VmGuest class) is a new data class which reports on all configured VM Guest Operating Systems. Reported data includes name of VM, VM software info, guest OS name and version, guest serial number, guest CPU count, and guest IP hostname.
Virtual Machine Host (VmHost class) is a new data class which reports if the current Operating System is run inside a Virtual Machine Host environment. Reported data includes the name of the VM host, the VM software name, version, and vendor.
CPU Count data in the General class has been revamped for consistancy and to more accurately represent multi-core CPU's. The following description changes have been made:
- "CPU Count - Physical" is a new item which provides the count of physical CPUs which includes each core on multi-core CPUs.
- "Number of CPUs (Physical)" is now "CPU Count - Socketed"
- "Number of CPUs (Virtual)" is now "CPU Count - Virtual"
- "Number of CPUs (Online)" is now "CPU Count - Online"
- "Number of CPUs (Offline)" is now "CPU Count - Offline"
The report keys for all of these remain the same.
IP Forwarding Enabled is now reported as part of the Network class.
USB Device Database has been added to augment and enhance reporting of USB devices.
DHCP Client configuration information is now reported as part of the Network Interface class.
Installer improvements have been implemented to check to make sure the installer is being run on the proper platform.
Documentation has been updated and expanded including major new updates to the User Guide.

Please see the Release Notes at http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/7/doc/ReleaseNotes/html for more details.

LICENSING

This release will run in demo mode with full functionality for thirty (30) days. Permanent licenses are available for purchase from the MagniComp Customer Service Center online at

	http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcservices.cgi

Customers with valid maintenance agreements can also receive free license upgrades from the same online Customer Service Center.

The Storage System class requires a license in order to use this feature. A Storage System Base license is built into the SysInfo product and provides basic storage system data such as make, model, serial number, and storage capacity. A Storage System Professional license is required to receive the full spectrum of storage system data. Storage System Professional licenses must be purchased either with a SysInfo product license purchase or seperately. For a comparison of Base vs. Professional, please see

	http://www.magnicomp.com/storsys/compare.shtml.

A demo license of Storage System Professional is built into the SysInfo product and is enabled automatically for 30 days - with or without a permanent SysInfo product license - after which time the license reverts to a Storage System Base level. You always need a valid demo or permanent SysInfo product license in order to use any edition of the Storage System feature.

DOWNLOAD

To download, please visit:

	http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcdownload.cgi

INSTALLATION

Instructions on how to install SysInfo are available as:

 	http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/7/doc/InstallGuide/html

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