My original info wasn't quite correct:  I had to clear out /tftpboot
with "utfwadm -R" and then add back in the model of interest [CoronaP8]
and the first model [CoronaP1].  If I didn't add CoronaP1, "utfwadm -P"
would complain:

14:44 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {133} # utfwadm -P
System Version(P1)      4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

Domain          Intf    Upgrade to
------------    ------  --------------------------
129.4.14.0      subnet  GUI4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

15:08 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {137} # utfwadm -R
15:08 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {138} # ls -al /tftpboot
total 12
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root        1536 Mar 18 15:08 ./
drwxr-xr-x  39 root     root        1024 Mar 16 11:32 ../


15:10 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {141} # utfwadm -A -a -V -F -f
/opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware_gui/CoronaP8
SunRayP8     GUI4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

15:11 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {142} # utfwadm -P
od: cannot open /tftpboot/CoronaP1: No such file or directory
Error: Unknown firmware module type (magic number="").

15:11 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {143} # utfwadm -A -a -V -F -f
/opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware_gui/CoronaP1
CoronaP1     GUI4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

15:12 rsunsu04: /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware {144} # utfwadm -P
System Version(P1)      GUI4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

Domain          Intf    Upgrade to
------------    ------  --------------------------
129.4.14.0      subnet  GUI4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16

> _____________________________________________ 
> From:         Nishimura, Scott L (IT Solutions)  
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:39 AM
> To:   '[email protected]'
> Subject:      Firmware update problem using "utfwload"
> 
> "utfwload" wasn't working as planned:  although I had the latest
> patches applied [say, for example, 127553-05 or 139548-01], the
> utfwload command told me it was pushing out an old version of the FW.
> 
> I figured out that it was the "System Version" in the "utfwadm -P"
> output that it was grabbing:
> 
> /etc/opt/SUNWkio/sessions/SUNWutWBT {28} # utfwadm -P
> System Version(P1)      4.0_48_2007.08.01.15.48
> 
> In an act of pure desperation [and boredom], I added another interface
> with "utadm -A" and lo and behold, the "System Version" changed:
> 
> /tftpboot {78} # utfwadm -P
> System Version(P1)      4.1_139548-01_2008.12.08.15.16
> 
> Now utfwload can grab the latest version.
> 
> One other caveat:  I noticed it grabbed the non-GUI version in
> /opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware/.  If you want to push the GUI version
> [/opt/SUNWut/lib/firmware_gui; can access the VPN menu, can override
> what option 49 is providing, etc.], I had to move the non-GUI file out
> of the directory [in my case, CoronaP8] and temporarily copy in the
> GUI version [just renaming wasn't enough; apparently, utadm looks at
> file type, not name.  When both files were in the "firmware"
> directory, it warned me there was a duplicate and it chose the non-GUI
> one].
> 
> Has anyone else experimented with utfwload and gotten similar results?
> 
> 
> Scott
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