diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
index 567efaff9..6852a0e27 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ sub windows_net_cfg {
     unless ($mactab) { die "mac table should always exist prior to template processing when doing autoula"; }
     my $ent = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node,['mac'],prefetchcache=>1);
     unless ($ent and $ent->{mac}) { die "missing mac data for $node"; }
-    my $suffix = $ent->{mac};
+    my $suffix = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($ent->{mac},$node);
     my $mac = $suffix;
     $suffix = lc($suffix);
     $mac =~ s/:/-/g;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ sub esxipv6setup {
 	my $hoststab;
       my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new('mac',-create=>0);
       my $ent = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node,['mac'],prefetchcache=>1);
-      my $suffix = $ent->{mac};
+      my $suffix = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($ent->{mac},$node);
       $suffix = lc($suffix);
       unless ($mactab) { die "mac table should always exist prior to template processing when doing autoula"; }
  #in autoula, because ESXi weasel doesn't seemingly grok IPv6 at all, we'll have to do it in %pre
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ sub kickstartnetwork {
       unless ($mactab) { $tmplerr ="mac table should always exist prior to template processing when doing autoula"; return;}
       my $ent = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node,['mac'],prefetchcache=>1);
       unless ($ent and $ent->{mac}) { $tmplerr ="missing mac data for $node"; return;}
-      my $suffix = $ent->{mac};
+      my $suffix = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($ent->{mac},$node);
       $suffix = lc($suffix);
 	if ($::XCATSITEVALS{managedaddressmode} eq "autoula") {
 		unless ($hoststab) { $hoststab = xCAT::Table->new('hosts',-create=>1); }
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ sub yast2network {
       unless ($mactab) { die "mac table should always exist prior to template processing when doing autoula"; }
       my $ent = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node,['mac'],prefetchcache=>1);
       unless ($ent and $ent->{mac}) { die "missing mac data for $node"; }
-      my $suffix = $ent->{mac};
+      my $suffix = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($ent->{mac},$node);
       $suffix = lc($suffix);
 	if ($::XCATSITEVALS{managedaddressmode} eq "autoula") {
            #TODO
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
index 033942f24..05d08fa2d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ sub mksysclone
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ sub mksysclone
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ sub mksysclone
             if ($archref->{arch} eq "ppc64"){
                 my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new('mac');
                 my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                my $formatmac = $macref->{mac};
+                my $formatmac = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 $formatmac =~ s/:/-/g;
                 $formatmac = "01-".$formatmac;
                 $kcmdline .= " BOOTIF=$formatmac ";
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
index 62cc32abd..7318d415a 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 if ($ent->{installnic} eq "mac"){
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else{
                     $ksdev = $ent->{installnic};
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 if ($ent->{primarynic} eq "mac"){
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else{
                     $ksdev = $ent->{primarynic};
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/rhevm.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/rhevm.pm
index b63a602a3..657c36a3d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/rhevm.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/rhevm.pm
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ sub mkinstall {
                         if ($ent->{installnic} eq "mac") {
                             my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                             my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                            $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                            $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                         }  else {
                             $ksdev = $ent->{installnic};
                         }
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ sub mkinstall {
                         if ($ent->{primarynic} eq "mac") {
                             my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                             my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                            $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                            $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                         } else {
                             $ksdev = $ent->{primarynic};
                         }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
index ce22e536c..32552732e 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ sub mknetboot
 
         # add the kernel-booting parameter: netdev=<eth0>, or BOOTIF=<mac>
         my $netdev = "";
-        my $mac = $machash->{$node}->[0]->{mac};
+        my $mac = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($machash->{$node}->[0]->{mac},$node);
 
         if ($reshash->{$node}->[0] and $reshash->{$node}->[0]->{installnic} and ($reshash->{$node}->[0]->{installnic} ne "mac")) {
                 $kcmdline .= "netdev=" . $reshash->{$node}->[0]->{installnic} . " ";
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $netdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $netdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                  }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ sub mkinstall
                 {
                     my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                     my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                    $netdev = $macref->{mac};
+                    $netdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ sub mksysclone
             {
                 my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new("mac");
                 my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                $ksdev = $macref->{mac};
+                $ksdev = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
             }
 
             unless ( $ksdev eq "bootif" ) {
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ sub mksysclone
             if ($archref->{arch} eq "ppc64"){
                 my $mactab = xCAT::Table->new('mac');
                 my $macref = $mactab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['mac']);
-                my $formatmac = $macref->{mac};
+                my $formatmac = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macref->{mac},$node);
                 $formatmac =~ s/:/-/g;
                 $formatmac = "01-".$formatmac;
                 $kcmdline .= " BOOTIF=$formatmac ";