diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
index f68e3afb0..c790b25f4 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-# OCF(c) 2014 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 
 package xCAT_plugin::vlan;
 BEGIN
@@ -10,32 +9,27 @@ use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use strict;
 use warnings "all";
 use xCAT::GlobalDef;
-use xCAT::SPD qw/decode_spd/;
 
 use xCAT::Utils;
 use xCAT::TableUtils;
 use xCAT::SvrUtils;
 use xCAT::Usage;
 
+use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
+
 sub handled_commands {
   return {
-    mkvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
-    chvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
-    lsvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
-    rmvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
+    mkvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', # in progress
+    chvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', # in progress
+    lsvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', # in progress
+    rmvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', # in progress
   }
 }
-
     
 use POSIX "WNOHANG";
 use IO::Handle;
 use IO::Socket;
 use IO::Select;
-use Class::Struct;
-use Digest::MD5 qw(md5);
-use POSIX qw(WNOHANG mkfifo strftime);
-use Fcntl qw(:flock);
-
 
 #local to module
 my $callback;
@@ -50,15 +44,13 @@ my %pendingtransactions; #list of peers with callbacks, callback arguments, and
 my $enable_cache="yes";
 my $cache_dir = "/var/cache/xcat";
 
+my $vlanid;
+
 sub process_request
 {
     my $req      = shift;
     my $callback = shift;
     my $reqcmd   = shift;
-    my $nodes    = $req->{node};
-    my $command  = $req->{command}->[0];
-    my $args     = $req->{arg};
-    my @nodes    = $req
 
     if ($command eq 'mkvlan')
     {
@@ -78,25 +70,88 @@ sub process_request
     }
 }
 
-
 sub mkvlan
 {
     my $request  = shift;
     my $callback = shift;
     my $reqcmd   = shift;
 
-    my $nodes = @{$req->{node}};
-    my @args  = @{$req->{arg}} if(exists($req->{arg}));
-    my @nodes = @{$req->{node}};
+    # Variables for this function
+	my $vlanid;
 
+	# A quick function for usage information for the command    
+    my $mkvlan_usage = sub {
+        my $exitcode = shift @_;
+        my %rsp;
+        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: mkvlan [vlanid] -n noderange [-t subnet | -m netmask | -i interface]";
+        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       mkvlan [-?|-h|--help]";
+        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
+        $callback->(\%rsp);
+    };
+
+    # Go through the arguments, and get the relevant information
     @ARGV = @{$req->{arg}};
+    
+    #Detect if the first variable is a number or not, as it may be the vlanid
+    if ($ARGV[0] !~ /\D/) {$vlanid=$ARGV[0];}
+    
     GetOptions(
                't=s' => \$subnet,
                'm=s' => \$mask,
-               'v=s' => \$vlan,
+               'n=s' => \$noderange,
                'i=s' => \$interface,
+               'h|?|help' => \$help,
+               'v|version' => \$VERSION,
                );
+    
+    # Show usage info if help is defined
+    if ($help) { $mkvlan_usage->(0); return; }
+
+    if ($VERSION) {
+      my %rsp;
+      my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
+      $rsp{data}->[0] = "$version";
+      $cb->(\%rsp);
+      return;
+    }
+
 
 }
 
+sub lsvlan
+{
+    my $request  = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $reqcmd   = shift;
+
+    my @args  = @{$req->{arg}} if(exists($req->{arg}));
+
+	# A quick function for usage information for the command    
+    my $lsvlan_usage = sub {
+        my $exitcode = shift @_;
+        my %rsp;
+        push @{$rsp{data}}, "Usage: mkvlan vlanid";
+        push @{$rsp{data}}, "       mkvlan [-?|-h|--help]";
+        if ($exitcode) { $rsp{errorcode} = $exitcode; }
+        $callback->(\%rsp);
+    };
+
+    # Go through the arguments, and get the relevant information
+    @ARGV = @{$req->{arg}};
+
+    #Detect if the first variable is a number or not, as it may be the vlanid
+    if ($ARGV[0] !~ /\D/) {$vlanid=$ARGV[0];}
+
+    GetOptions(
+               'h|?|help' => \$help,
+               );
+    
+    # Show usage info if help is defined
+    if ($help) { $lsvlan_usage->(0); return; }
+    # Show usage if we have less then 2 arguments, or the vlan option is not defined
+    if (scalar(@ARGV)<1 || !defined($vlanid)) { $lsvlan_usage->(1); return; }
+
+}
+
+
 1;