HP SUM is a technology included in many HP products for installing and updating firmware and software on HP ProLiant servers, and firmware on HP Integrity servers.

HP SUM provides a GUI and a command-line scriptable interface for:

HP SUM has an integrated hardware and software discovery engine that finds the installed hardware and current versions of firmware and software in use on target servers. This capability prevents extraneous network traffic by sending only the required components to a target host. HP SUM installs updates in the correct order and ensures that all dependencies are met before deploying an update. HP SUM prevents an installation if there are version-based dependencies that it cannot resolve.

HP SUM does not require an agent for remote installations, because it copies a small, secure SOAP server to the target for the duration of the installation. After the installation is complete, the SOAP server and all remote files associated with the installation, except installation log files, are removed. HP SUM copies the log files from the remote targets back to the system where HP SUM is executed.

Key features of HP SUM include: