Constant firmware update

We have a recent install of SRSS 4.2 with latest patch running in a FOG of three servers. I recently noticed that when a DTU is restarted the Firmware gets updated even if its already in the latest version.
I got the following error when printing the version info
/opt/SUNWut/sbin/utfwadm -P
System Version(P1) 4.2_140993-01_2010.01.21.17.35
Sun Ray interconnect framework is not configured
I did issue utadm -L on and utrestart with the same results.
Servers are able to see each other:
bash-3.00# /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utgstatus
host flags interface flags
10.54.4.0/22
SUN01 TN 10.54.4.60 UA-
SUN02 TN 10.54.4.61 UA-
SUN03 TN 10.54.4.63 UA-
What am I missing?
Thanks,

estrar wrote:
We have a recent install of SRSS 4.2 with latest patch running in a FOG of three servers. I recently noticed that when a DTU is restarted the Firmware gets updated even if its already in the latest version.
How do you notice? How do you know the DTU is at the latest version?
What sequence of OSD status codes does the DTU go through?
There are two scenarios where DTUs may end up loading firmware repeatedly:
- You have multiple firmware servers that serve different versions of firmware.
If a DTU has successfully loaded different firmware, it reboots. If that sometimes causes multiple firmware loads in a loop, it may indicate this situation.
- The DTU fetches firmware everytime, but can't use the firmware it received.
This may happen, if the firmware files are corrupted (invalid signature) or not suitable for the given DTU.
The OSD should report a reason for the failure at the end of the firmware download.
I got the following error when printing the version info
/opt/SUNWut/sbin/utfwadm -P
System Version(P1) 4.2_140993-01_2010.01.21.17.35
Sun Ray interconnect framework is not configured
That is not an error. It only reports that you haven't set up the Sun Ray servers to announce firmware version through DHCP. That is normal when you use more 'modern' methods to configure DTU networks and parameters.
I did issue utadm -L on and utrestart with the same results.
That you use utadm -L on (and probably utfwadm -V ...) means that you don't use the DHCP-based 'interconnect framework'.
Servers are able to see each other:
bash-3.00# /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utgstatus
host flags interface flags
10.54.4.0/22
SUN01 TN 10.54.4.60 UA-
SUN02 TN 10.54.4.61 UA-
SUN03 TN 10.54.4.63 UA-
That is unrelated to firmware serving and loading.
What am I missing?
How do you provide firmware server information to DTUs?
Is your utfwadm output from the chosen firmware server?
Please provide output of
/opt/SUNWut/sbin/utquery <ip-of-dtu>
That usually helps diagnose this kind of problem.

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