diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 064dfa8b8..f5a081206 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ site => {
    "  ipmisdrcache\n".
    "  iscsidir\n".
    "  xcatservers (service nodes??)\n".
+   "  svloglocal (logs on the service node stay local or not. 1 or 0)\n".
    "  dhcpinterfaces (network interfaces DHCP should listen on??)\n".
    "  forwarders (DNS forwarders??)\n".
    "  genpasswords (generate BMC passwords??)\n".
diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod b/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
index 044033aae..55c076b7c 100644
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ B<rspconfig> - remote power control of nodes
 
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<alert>|B<snmpdest>|B<community>|B<garp>}
 
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<ip>|B<netmask>|B<gateway>|B<backupgateway>}
+
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<alert>={B<on>|B<enable>|B<off>|B<disable>}
 
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<snmpdest>=I<snmpmanager-IP>
@@ -29,17 +31,33 @@ specified, without the B<=>, it displays the current value.
 
 Turn on or off SNMP alerts.
 
-=item B<snmpdest>=I<snmpmanager-IP>
+=item B<backupgateway>
 
-Set where the SNMP alerts should be sent to.
+Get the BMC backup gateway ip address.
 
 =item B<community>={B<public>|I<string>}
 
-Set the SNMP commmunity value.
+Get or set the SNMP commmunity value. The default is I<public>.
 
 =item B<garp>=I<time>
 
-Set Gratuitous ARP generation interval. The unit is number of 1/2 second.
+Get or set Gratuitous ARP generation interval. The unit is number of 1/2 second.
+
+=item B<gateway>
+
+Get the BMC gateway ip address.
+
+=item B<ip>
+
+Get the BMC ip address.
+
+=item B<netmask>
+
+Get the BMC subnet mask.
+
+=item B<snmpdest>=I<snmpmanager-IP>
+
+Get or set where the SNMP alerts should be sent to.
 
 =item B<-h>|B<--help>
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/ASYSLOGsn.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/ASYSLOGsn.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 724f586de..000000000
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/ASYSLOGsn.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-package xCAT_plugin::ASYSLOGsn;
-use xCAT::Table;
-
-use xCAT::Utils;
-
-use xCAT::MsgUtils;
-use Getopt::Long;
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head1 
-  xCAT plugin package to setup SYSLOG 
-
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head3  handled_commands 
-
-Check to see if on a Service Node
-Call  setup_SYSLOG
-
-=cut
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-sub handled_commands
-
-{
-    my $rc = 0;
-    if (xCAT::Utils->isServiceNode())
-    {
-        my $service = "syslog";
-
-        # service needed on this Service Node
-        $rc = &setup_SYSLOG();    # setup SYSLOG
-        if ($rc == 0)
-        {
-            xCAT::Utils->update_xCATSN($service);
-        }
-    }
-    return $rc;
-}
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head3  process_request 
-
-  Process the command
-
-=cut
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-sub process_request
-{
-    return;
-}
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head3 setup_SYSLOG 
-
-    Sets up SYSLOG 
-
-=cut
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub setup_SYSLOG
-{
-    my $rc = 0;
-    my $cmd;
-    if (-e "/etc/syslog.conf")
-    {
-        $cmd = "grep *.debug /etc/syslog.conf";
-        xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-        if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)
-        {    # need to add
-            ` echo "*.debug   /var/log/messages" >> /etc/syslog.conf`;
-            `echo "*.crit   /var/log/messages" >> /etc/syslog.conf`;
-        }
-        $cmd = "service syslog restart";
-        xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-        if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)
-        {    # error try rsyslog
-            $cmd = "service rsyslog restart";
-            xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-            if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)
-            {    # error  on both
-                xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E",
-                                     "Error could not start syslog or rsyslog");
-                return 1;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return $rc;
-}
-1;
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
index 24efc58ab..252e0e5b9 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
@@ -88,7 +88,22 @@ if (($ng) && (-e "/etc/xCATSN")) {
 } 
 
 #now handling where the logs go
+my $goLocal=0;
 if (-e "/etc/xCATMN") {
+  $goLocal=1;
+} elsif (-e "/etc/xCATSN") {
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+  require "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl/xCAT/Table.pm";
+  my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'svloglocal'}, value);
+     if ($ref and $ref->{value})   {
+	 if ($ref->{value} == 1) { $goLocal=1;}
+     }
+  }
+}
+
+if ($goLocal) {
   #making sure all the messages goes to /var/log/messages
   `touch  /var/log/messages`; #log file must exist first
   if (!$ng) {
@@ -101,7 +116,7 @@ if (-e "/etc/xCATMN") {
       `echo "*.debug;*.crit;*.err;*.warning   /var/log/messages" >> $conf_file`;
     }
   }
-} else {
+}  else {
   #now make the syslogd fowarding the messages to the the master
   if ($ng) {
     if (! -f "$conf_file.XCATORIG") {