diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/boottarget.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/boottarget.pm
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+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+package xCAT_plugin::boottarget;
+BEGIN
+{
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+use Storable qw(dclone);
+use Sys::Syslog;
+use Thread qw(yield);
+use POSIX qw(WNOHANG nice);
+use xCAT::Table;
+use xCAT::Utils;
+use xCAT::MsgUtils;
+use xCAT::Yum;
+use xCAT::Template;
+#use xCAT::Postage;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Getopt::Long;
+Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
+Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
+use File::Path;
+use File::Copy;
+
+
+
+sub handled_commands
+{
+    return {
+            mknetboot => "nodetype:os=(boottarget)|(target)|(bt)",
+	    mkinstall => "nodetype:os=(boottarget)|(target)|(bt)"
+            };
+}
+
+sub preprocess_request
+{
+    my $req      = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    if ($req->{command}->[0] eq 'copycd')
+    {    #don't farm out copycd
+        return [$req];
+    }
+
+    my $stab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+    my $sent;
+    ($sent) = $stab->getAttribs({key => 'sharedtftp'}, 'value');
+    unless (    $sent
+            and defined($sent->{value})
+            and ($sent->{value} =~ /no/i or $sent->{value} =~ /0/))
+    {
+
+        #unless requesting no sharedtftp, don't make hierarchical call
+        return [$req];
+    }
+
+    my %localnodehash;
+    my %dispatchhash;
+    my $nrtab = xCAT::Table->new('noderes');
+    my $nrents = $nrtab->getNodesAttribs($req->{node},[qw(tftpserver servicenode)]);
+    foreach my $node (@{$req->{node}})
+    {
+        my $nodeserver;
+        my $tent = $nrents->{$node}->[0]; #$nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['tftpserver']);
+        if ($tent) { $nodeserver = $tent->{tftpserver} }
+        unless ($tent and $tent->{tftpserver})
+        {
+            $tent = $nrents->{$node}->[0]; #$nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['servicenode']);
+            if ($tent) { $nodeserver = $tent->{servicenode} }
+        }
+        if ($nodeserver)
+        {
+            $dispatchhash{$nodeserver}->{$node} = 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $localnodehash{$node} = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    my @requests;
+    my $reqc = {%$req};
+    $reqc->{node} = [keys %localnodehash];
+    if (scalar(@{$reqc->{node}})) { push @requests, $reqc }
+
+    foreach my $dtarg (keys %dispatchhash)
+    {    #iterate dispatch targets
+        my $reqcopy = {%$req};    #deep copy
+        $reqcopy->{'_xcatdest'} = $dtarg;
+        $reqcopy->{node} = [keys %{$dispatchhash{$dtarg}}];
+        push @requests, $reqcopy;
+    }
+    return \@requests;
+}
+
+sub process_request
+{
+    my $request  = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $doreq    = shift;
+    my $distname = undef;
+    my $arch     = undef;
+    my $path     = undef;
+    return mknetboot($request, $callback, $doreq);
+}
+
+sub mknetboot
+{
+    my $req      = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $doreq    = shift;
+    my $tftpdir  = "/tftpboot";
+    my $nodes    = @{$request->{node}};
+    my @args     = @{$req->{arg}};
+    my @nodes    = @{$req->{node}};
+    my $ostab    = xCAT::Table->new('nodetype');
+    my $sitetab  = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+    my $installroot;
+    $installroot = "/install";
+
+    if ($sitetab)
+    {
+        (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => installdir}, value);
+        if ($ref and $ref->{value})
+        {
+            $installroot = $ref->{value};
+        }
+    }
+    my %donetftp=();
+    my %oents = %{$ostab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes,[qw(os arch profile)])};
+    my $restab = xCAT::Table->new('noderes');
+    my $bptab  = xCAT::Table->new('bootparams',-create=>1);
+    my $hmtab  = xCAT::Table->new('nodehm');
+    my $ttab   = xCAT::Table->new('boottarget');
+
+    foreach $node (@nodes)
+    {
+        my $ent = $oents{$node}->[0]; #ostab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['os', 'arch', 'profile']);
+        unless ($ent->{os} and $ent->{profile})
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         error     => ["Insufficient nodetype entry for $node"],
+                         errorcode => [1]
+                        }
+                        );
+            next;
+        }
+	
+        my $profile = $ent->{profile};
+    	($tent) = $ttab->getAttribs({'bprofile' => $profile}, 'kernel', 'initrd', 'kcmdline');
+	if(! defined($tent)){
+		my $msg =  "$profile in nodetype table was not defined in boottarget table";
+		$callback->({
+			error => ["$msg"],
+	                errorcode => [1]
+		});
+	}
+	$kernel = $tent->{kernel};
+	$initrd = $tent->{initrd};
+	$kcmdline = $tent->{kcmdline};
+	if($initrd eq ''){
+        	$bptab->setNodeAttribs(
+                      $node,
+                      {
+                       kernel => $kernel,
+                       initrd => '',
+                       kcmdline => $kcmdline
+                      }
+                     );
+	}else{
+        	$bptab->setNodeAttribs(
+                      $node,
+                      {
+                       kernel => $kernel,
+                       initrd => $initrd,
+                       kcmdline => $kcmdline
+                      }
+                     );
+	}
+    }
+
+}
+
+1;