diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
index 978e1af7b..9c680f324 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ BEGIN
     $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
 }
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+use Storable qw(freeze thaw);
 use xCAT::Utils;
 use File::Path;
 use xCAT::Client submit_request;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ $xcatdir = (($tmp and $tmp->{value}) ? $tmp->{value} : "/etc/xcat");
 $sitetab->close;
 my $progname;
 $SIG{PIPE} = sub { die "SIGPIPE $$progname encountered a broken pipe (probably Ctrl-C by client)" };
+$progname = \$0;
 sub daemonize {
   chdir('/');
   umask 0;
@@ -562,52 +564,102 @@ sub plugin_command {
   if ($sock) { print $sock XMLout(\%done,RootName => 'xcatresponse',NoAttr=>1); }
 }
 
+my $dispatch_dnf=0;
 my $dispatch_cb;
+my $dispatch_parentfd;
 sub dispatch_callback {
-   my $rsp = shift;
+   my $rspo = shift;
+   my $rsp = {%$rspo}; # deep copy
    delete $rsp->{serverdone};
-   $dispatch_cb->($rsp);
+   unless (%$rsp) { return; }
+   if ($dispatch_dnf) {
+      $dispatch_cb->($rsp);
+   } else {
+      print $dispatch_parentfd freeze($rsp);
+      print $dispatch_parentfd "\nENDOFFREEZE6sK6xa\n";
+      <$dispatch_parentfd>; #Block until parent acks data
+   }
 }
+
+sub relay_dispatch {
+   my $fds = shift;
+   my @ready_ins = $fds->can_read(0);
+   foreach my $rin (@ready_ins) {
+      my $data;
+      if ($data = <$rin>) {
+         while ($data !~ /ENDOFFREEZE6sK6xa/) {
+            $data .= <$rin>;
+         }
+         my $response = thaw($data);
+         print $rin "fin\n";
+         $dispatch_cb->($response);
+      } else {
+         $fds->remove($rin);
+         close($rin);
+      }
+   }
+   return scalar(@ready_ins);
+}
+
 sub dispatch_request {
-  my $req = shift;
-  $dispatch_cb = shift;
+   my $req = shift;
+   $dispatch_cb = shift;
 
-  my $modname = shift;
-  my $reqs = [];
-  no strict  "refs";
+   my $modname = shift;
+   my $reqs = [];
+   my $child_fdset = new IO::Select;
+   no strict  "refs";
 
-  #Hierarchy support.  Originally, the default scope for noderange commands was
-  #going to be the servicenode associated unless overriden.
-  #However, assume for example that you have blades and a blade is the service node
-  #rpower being executed by the servicenode for one of its subnodes would have to
-  #reach it's own management module.  This has the potential to be non-trivial for some quite possible network configurations.
-  #Since plugins may commonly experience this, a preprocess_request implementation
-  #will for now be required for a command to be scaled through service nodes
-  #If the plugin offers a preprocess method, use it to set the request array
-  if (defined(${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{preprocess_request})) {
+   #Hierarchy support.  Originally, the default scope for noderange commands was
+   #going to be the servicenode associated unless overriden.
+   #However, assume for example that you have blades and a blade is the service node
+   #rpower being executed by the servicenode for one of its subnodes would have to
+   #reach it's own management module.  This has the potential to be non-trivial for some quite possible network configurations.
+   #Since plugins may commonly experience this, a preprocess_request implementation
+   #will for now be required for a command to be scaled through service nodes
+   #If the plugin offers a preprocess method, use it to set the request array
+   if (defined(${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{preprocess_request})) {
     $reqs = ${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{preprocess_request}->($req);
-  } else { #otherwise, pass it in without hierarchy support
+   } else { #otherwise, pass it in without hierarchy support
     $reqs = [$req];
-  }
+   }
 
-  #TODO: calls to dispatch must be parallelized
-  foreach (@{$reqs}) {
+  my $childrn=0;
+  $SIG{CHLD} = sub {while (waitpid(-1, WNOHANG) > 0) { $childrn--; } };
+   #TODO: calls to dispatch must be parallelized
+   foreach (@{$reqs}) {
+    my $pfd;
+    my $child;
+    delete $_->{noderange};
+    socketpair($pfd, $dispatch_parentfd,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
+    $dispatch_parentfd->autoflush(1);
+    $pfd->autoflush(1);
+    $child = xCAT::Utils->xfork;
+    if ($child) {
+       $child_fdset->add($pfd);
+       $childrn++;
+       next;
+    }
+    unless (defined $child) {
+       $dispatch_cb->({error=>['Fork failure dispatching request'],errorcode=>[1]});
+    }
      if ($_->{'_xcatdest'} and thishostisnot($_->{'_xcatdest'})) {
-	my $oldenv = $ENV{XCATHOST};
         $ENV{XCATHOST} =  ( $_->{'_xcatdest'} =~ /:/ ? $_->{'_xcatdest'} : $_->{'_xcatdest'}.":3001" );
         eval {
         undef $_->{'_xcatdest'};
         xCAT::Client::submit_request($_,\&dispatch_callback,$xcatdir."/cert/server-key.pem",$xcatdir."/cert/server-cert.pem",$xcatdir."/cert/ca.pem"); 
         };
         if ($@) {
-	   $dispatch_cb->({error=>["Error dispatching command to ".$ENV{XCATHOST}.""],errorcode=>[1]}); 
+	   dispatch_callback({error=>["Error dispatching command to ".$ENV{XCATHOST}.""],errorcode=>[1]}); 
 	   syslog("local4|err","Error dispatching request: ".$@);
 	}
-        $ENV{XCATHOST} = $oldenv;
      } else {
-        ${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{process_request}->($_,$dispatch_cb,\&do_request);
+        ${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{process_request}->($_,\&dispatch_callback,\&do_request);
      }
+     exit;
   }
+ while ($childrn > 0) { relay_dispatch($child_fdset) }
+ while (relay_dispatch($child_fdset)) { } #Potentially useless drain.
 }
 
 sub thishostisnot {