User Manual

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A.8.3.1 ifstat
Displays the available network interfaces (in a similar manner to Linux’s ifconfig).
A.8.3.2 ifopen
Opens the network interface net<x>. The list of network interfaces is available via the ifstat com-
mand.
Example:
A.8.3.3 ifclose
Closes the network interface net<x>. The list of network interfaces is available via the ifstat com-
mand.
Example:
A.8.3.4 autoboot
Starts the boot process from the device(s).
A.8.3.5 sanboot
Starts the boot process of an iSCSI target.
Example:
A.8.3.6 echo
Echoes an environment variable.
Example:
A.8.3.7 dhcp
A network interface attempts to open the network interface and then tries to connect to and com-
municate with the DHCP server to obtain the IP address and filepath from which the boot will
occur.
Example:
iPXE> ifopen net1
iPXE> ifclose net1
iPXE> sanboot iscsi:11.4.3.7::::iqn.2007-08.7.3.4.11:iscsiboot
iPXE> echo ${root-path}
iPXE> dhcp net1