diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
index 64ebc8f32..6685310cd 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 use xCAT::NodeRange qw/noderange abbreviate_noderange/;
 use xCAT::Schema;
 use xCAT::Utils;
+#use XML::Simple;
 use xCAT::TableUtils;
 use xCAT::MsgUtils;
 use xCAT::DBobjUtils;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ sub handled_commands
             tabgrep    => "tabutils",
             getAllEntries    => "tabutils",
             getNodesAttribs  => "tabutils",
+            getTablesAllNodeAttribs  => "tabutils",
             setNodesAttribs  => "tabutils",
             delEntries       => "tabutils",
             getAttribs       => "tabutils",
@@ -156,6 +158,10 @@ sub process_request
     {
         return getNodesAttribs($request,$callback);
     }
+    elsif ($command eq "getTablesAllNodeAttribs")
+    {
+        return getTablesAllNodeAttribs($request,$callback);
+    }
     elsif ($command eq "setNodesAttribs")
     {
         return setNodesAttribs($request,$callback);
@@ -1289,7 +1295,10 @@ sub getTableColumn {
 #   }
 
     
-
+#
+#  Process the nodech command, also used by the XML setNodesAttribs utility
+#  in tabutils
+# 
 sub nodech
 {
     my $nodes    = shift;
@@ -2311,7 +2320,7 @@ sub getAllEntries
         return;
 }
 # getNodesAttribs 
-# Read all the array of  attributes for the noderange  from the input table. 
+# Read the array of  attributes for the noderange  from the input table. 
 # If the <attr>ALL</attr> is input then read all the attributes
 #<xcatrequest>
 #<clienttype>PCM</clienttype>
@@ -2378,9 +2387,96 @@ sub getNodesAttribs
        $cb->(\%rsp);
         return;
 }
+# getTablesAllNodeAttribs 
+# Read all all the nodes from the input tables and get the input attribute
+# or get ALL attributes, if the word ALL is used. 
+# If the <attr>ALL</attr> is input then read all the attributes
+#<xcatrequest>
+#<clienttype>PCM</clienttype>
+#<command>getTablesAllNodeAttribs</command>
+#<table>
+#<tablename>nodelist</tablename>
+#<attr>groups</attr>
+#<attr>status</attr>
+#</table>
+#<table>
+#<tablename>nodetype</tablename>
+#<attr>ALL</attr>
+#</table>
+#   .
+#   .
+#   .
+#</xcatrequest>
+#
+#<xcatresponse>
+#<table>
+#<tablename>tablename1</tablename>
+#<node>
+#<name>n1</name>
+#<attr1>value1</attr1>
+#<attr2>value1</attr2>
+#.
+#<attrN>valueN</attrN>
+#</node>
+#</table>
+#   .
+#   .
+#   .
+#</xcatresponse>
+#
+sub getTablesAllNodeAttribs 
+{
+    my $request      = shift;
+    my $cb = shift;
+    my $command  = $request->{command}->[0];
+    my %rsp;
+
+    # process each table in the request 
+    my $tables = $request->{table};
+    foreach my $tabhash (@$tables) { 
+
+      my $tablename    = $tabhash->{tablename}->[0];
+      my $attr    = $tabhash->{attr};
+      my @attrs=@$attr;
+      my $tab=xCAT::Table->new($tablename);
+      my %noderecs;
+      my $recs;
+      # build the table name record
+      @{$noderecs{table}->[0]->{tablename}} = $tablename;
+      # if request for ALL attributes
+      if (grep (/ALL/,@attrs)) { # read the  schema and build array of all attrs
+        @attrs=();
+        my $schema = xCAT::Table->getTableSchema($tablename);
+        my $desc = $schema->{descriptions};
+        foreach my $c (@{$schema->{cols}}) {
+           # my $space = (length($c)<7 ? "\t\t" : "\t");
+            push @attrs, $c;
+        }
+      }
+      # read all the nodes and there attributes in this table
+      my @nodeentries        =   $tab->getAllNodeAttribs(\@attrs);
+      foreach my $node (@nodeentries){
+         # build the node entrys 
+         my %datseg=();
+         $datseg{name} = $node->{node};
+         foreach my $at (@attrs) {
+          # if the attribute has a value and is not the node attribute
+          if (($node->{$at}) && ($at ne "node")) {  
+            $datseg{$at} = $node->{$at};
+          }    
+         }
+         push @{$noderecs{table}->[0]->{node}}, \%datseg;
+      }
+     push @{$rsp{"table"}}, @{$noderecs{table}};
+  } # end of all table processing 
+# for checkin XML created
+#my  $xmlrec=XMLout(\%rsp,RootName=>'xcatresponse',NoAttr=>1,KeyAttr=>[]);
+       $cb->(\%rsp);
+        return;
+}
 
 #
-# setNodesAttribs
+# setNodesAttribs - setNodesAttribs
 # Sets Nodes attributes for noderange for each of the tables supplied      
 # Example of XML in for this routine
 #<xcatrequest>
@@ -2432,6 +2528,7 @@ sub setNodesAttribs
         }
       }
     }
+    # nodech will open the table and do all the work
     if (@$node) {
       &nodech(\@$node,$newrequest->{arg},$cb,0);
     } else {