iPXE Console Commands

During the iPXE initialization phase, pressing the C key interrupts the automated network boot process and opens the interactive iPXE command-line interface. This provides direct administrative access to the current boot session, allowing manual execution of network operations for troubleshooting and validation purposes.

Entering the iPXE command line does not modify firmware, server configuration, or DHCP settings, and any actions performed are limited to the current boot session only. This feature is intended for diagnostic and advanced troubleshooting scenarios and should not be used during standard production boot workflows unless investigation is required.

Boot commands

autoboot - Boot system from network interface

Network interface commands

ifstat - Display interfaces ifopen - Open interfaces ifclose - Close interfaces ifconf or dhcp - Automatically configure interfaces route - Display routing table nstat - Display neighbor table ipstat - Display IP statistics vcreate - Create VLAN vdestroy - Destroy VLAN

Image management commands

imgstat - Display images chain or imgexec or boot - Download and boot an executable image imgfetch or module or initrd - Download an image kernel or imgselect or imgload - Download and select an executable image imgfree - Discard images imgargs - Set image command-line arguments imgtrust - Set image trust requirement imgverify - Verify an image as trusted

SAN commands

sanhook - Attach SAN device sanboot - Boot from SAN device sanunhook - Detach SAN device fcstat - Display Fibre Channel ports fcels - Issue Fibre Channel ELS request

Configuration setting commands

config - Start interactive configuration tool show - Display configuration setting set - Set configuration setting clear - Delete configuration setting read - Prompt user to enter configuration setting inc - Increment numeric value of configuration setting login - Prompt user to enter user name and password Flow - control commands isset - Test for existence iseq - Test for equality goto - Jump to script label exit - Exit current shell or script

Menu commands

menu - Create menu item - Add menu item choose - Choose menu item

Console management commands

console - Configure console colour - Define colour cpair - Define colour pair Form - parameter commands params - Create form parameter list param - Add form parameter

Miscellaneous commands

echo - Print text to console prompt - Prompt user to press key shell - Start new interactive shell help - Display list of available commands sleep - Delay for fixed period of time reboot - Reboot system poweroff - Power off system cpuid - Check x86 CPU feature sync - Wait for background operations to complete nslookup - Resolve host name to network address ping - Check network connectivity pciscan - Scan for PCI devices

Misc commands

lotest - Perform loopback testing pxebs - Perform PXE boot server discovery time - Measure time taken to execute command gdbstub - Start remote debugging profstat - Display profiling statistics