diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
index 55e316ccd..257d7de80 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ sub makescript {
   }
   push @scriptd, "export NTYPE\n";
 
+  #get monitoring server and other configuration data for monitoring setup on nodes
+  my %mon_conf=xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl->getNodeConfData($node);
+  foreach (keys(%mon_conf)) {
+    push @scriptd, "$_=" . $mon_conf{$_}. "\n";
+    push @scriptd, "export $_\n";
+  }
+
   # get the xcatdefaults entry in the postscripts table
   my $et = $posttab->getAttribs({node=>"xcatdefaults"},'postscripts');
   my $defscripts = $et->{'postscripts'};
diff --git a/xCAT-rmc/plugin/rmcmon.pm b/xCAT-rmc/plugin/rmcmon.pm
index 1ebd3322a..d41916c29 100644
--- a/xCAT-rmc/plugin/rmcmon.pm
+++ b/xCAT-rmc/plugin/rmcmon.pm
@@ -451,6 +451,26 @@ sub getNodeID {
   return undef;
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=head3   getLocalNodeID
+    This function goes to RMC and gets the nodeid for the local host.
+
+    Arguments:
+        node
+    Returns:
+        node id for the local host.
+=cut
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub getLocalNodeID {
+  my $node_id=`/usr/sbin/rsct/bin/lsnodeid`;
+  if ($?==0) {
+    chomp($node_id);
+    return $node_id;
+  } else {
+    return undef;
+  }
+}
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 =head3    addNodes
       This function adds the nodes into the RMC cluster.
@@ -704,3 +724,39 @@ sub getDescription {
     none.\n";
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=head3    getNodeConfData
+      This function gets a list of configuration data that is needed by setting up
+    node monitoring.  These data-value pairs will be used as environmental variables 
+    on the given node.
+    Arguments:
+        node  
+        pointer to a hash that will take the data.
+    Returns:
+        none
+=cut
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub getNodeConfData {
+  #check if rsct is installed or not
+  if (! -e "/usr/bin/lsrsrc") {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  my $node=shift;
+  if ($node =~ /xCAT_monitoring::rmcmon/) {
+    $node=shift;
+  }
+  my $ref_ret=shift;
+
+  #get node ids for RMC monitoring
+  my $nodeid=xCAT_monitoring::rmcmon->getNodeID($node);
+  if (defined($nodeid)) {
+    $ref_ret->{NODEID}=$nodeid;
+  }
+  my $ms_nodeid=xCAT_monitoring::rmcmon->getLocalNodeID();
+  if (defined($ms_nodeid)) {
+    $ref_ret->{MS_NODEID}=$ms_nodeid;
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/monitoring/monitorctrl.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/monitoring/monitorctrl.pm
index fceae58a1..4536203a2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/monitoring/monitorctrl.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/monitoring/monitorctrl.pm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use xCAT::Client;
 use xCAT_plugin::notification;
 use xCAT_monitoring::montbhandler;
 
+
 #the list stores the names of the monitoring plug-in and the file name and module names.
 #the names are stored in the "name" column of the monitoring table. 
 #the format is: (name=>[filename, modulename], ...)
@@ -1227,9 +1228,57 @@ sub removeNodes {
 }
 
 
-
-
-
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=head3    getNodeConfData
+      This function goes to every monitoring plug-in module and returns a list of
+    configuration data that is needed by setting up node monitoring.  
+    These data-value pairs will be used as environmental variables 
+    on the given node.
+    Arguments:
+        node  
+    Returns:
+        ret a hash with enviromental variable name as the key.
+=cut
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub  getNodeConfData {
+  my $node=shift;
+  if ($node =~ /xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl/) {
+    $node=shift;
+  }
+
+  %ret=();
+  #get monitoring server
+  my $pair=xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl->getNodeMonServerPair($node);
+  my @pair_array=split(',', $pair);
+  my $monserver=$pair_array[1];
+  $ret{MONSERVER}=$monserver;
+
+  #get all the module names from /opt/xcat/lib/perl/XCAT_monitoring directory
+  my %names=();   
+  my @plugins=glob("$::XCATROOT/lib/perl/xCAT_monitoring/*.pm");
+  foreach (@plugins) {
+    /.*\/([^\/]*).pm$/;
+    $names{$1}=1;
+  }
+  # remove 2 files that are not plug-ins
+  delete($names{monitorctrl});
+  delete($names{montbhandler});
+
+  #get node conf data from each plug-in module
+  foreach my $pname (keys(%names)) {
+    my $file_name="$::XCATROOT/lib/perl/xCAT_monitoring/$pname.pm";
+    my $module_name="xCAT_monitoring::$pname";
+    #load the module in memory
+    eval {require($file_name)};
+    if (!$@) {   
+      if (defined(${$module_name."::"}{getNodeConfData})) {
+        ${$module_name."::"}{getNodeConfData}->($node, \%ret);
+      }  
+    }
+  } 
+
+  return %ret;
+}