Hp Procurve Action ignored in download mode

Question

From an tftp server I'm trying to import the config to startup-config using

copy tftp startup-config 10.0.0.10 5006zl.cnf

The switch asks for confirmation y/n and when pressing y it just aborts saying that the config could not be loaded.

show logging -r shows

W 09/03/17 06:08:11 00158 update: AM1: line 0. Action is ignored in download
            mode.
I 09/03/17 06:08:10 00131 tftp: AM1: Transfer completed
W 09/03/17 06:05:45 00158 update: AM1: line 0. Action is ignored in download
            mode.
I 09/03/17 06:05:45 00131 tftp: AM1: Transfer completed
W 09/03/17 06:03:00 00158 update: AM1: line 0. Action is ignored in download

Flash information about the switch: show flash

Image             Size (bytes) Date     Version 
----------------- ------------ -------- --------------
Primary Image    :    16575066 09/01/16 KB.15.18.0013        
Secondary Image  :    30307157 03/30/17 KB.16.02.0018       

Boot ROM Version 
----------------
Primary Boot ROM Version   : KB.16.01.0006
Secondary Boot ROM Version : KB.16.01.0006

Default Boot Image   : Secondary
Default Boot ROM     : Primary

Running config on the switch: show running-config

; J9850A Configuration Editor; Created on release #KB.16.02.0020
; Ver #10:08.01.81.b3.ff.7c.59.fc.7b.ff.ff.fc.ff.ff.3f.ef:5a
......
......

Config on the tftp server is also

; J9850A Configuration Editor; Created on release #KB.16.02.0020
; Ver #10:08.01.81.b3.ff.7c.59.fc.7b.ff.ff.fc.ff.ff.3f.ef:5a

My suspicion is that the versions of running-config and show flash don't match. Is this known? How could I solve this?

Update 1

Output of sed -n l 5006zl.cnf and or cat -vEt 5006zl.cnf

; J9850A Configuration Editor; Created on release #KB.15.18.0013$
; Ver #0d:10.80.7c.00.f4.6b.ff.f7.fc.7f.ff.3f.ef:da$
hostname "r11-06-sw-11"$
module A type j9538a$
module B type j9538a$
module E type j9550a$
module F type j9538a$
fault-finder broadcast-storm sensitivity high$
fault-finder bad-driver sensitivity high$
fault-finder bad-transceiver sensitivity high$
fault-finder bad-cable sensitivity high$
fault-finder too-long-cable sensitivity high$
fault-finder over-bandwidth sensitivity high$
fault-finder loss-of-link sensitivity high$
fault-finder duplex-mismatch-hdx sensitivity high$
fault-finder duplex-mismatch-fdx sensitivity high$
fault-finder link-flap sensitivity high$
trunk E24 trk10 dt-lacp$
.....
.....

Zac67 · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-21T13:52:22.253

Incidentally, I stumbled on a likely explanation for the described problem. Your suspicion is most probably correct: the switch does seem to verify the firmware version in the config with the actually running version.

When exported using the add-ignore-tag option, the first line is changed to e.g.

; J9850A IGNORE Configuration Editor; Created on release #KB.15.18.0013$

If you edit the config to be imported in the same way it should work, regardless of the firmware version.

Hp Procurve Action ignored in download mode

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