diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
index 68d31889b..28c71632e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
@@ -4286,6 +4286,10 @@ sub clicmds {
                         push @cfgtext,"The current account password has expired, please modify it first";
          		return ([1,\@unhandled,"Management module refuses requested password as insufficiently secure, try another password"]);
 		}
+  		$t->waitfor(match=>"/system> /");
+		$t->cmd("accseccfg -rc 0 -pe 0 -pi 0 -ct 0 -lp 0 -lf 0 -T system:mm[1]");
+  		$t->waitfor(match=>"/system> /");
+		$t->cmd("accseccfg -rc 0 -pe 0 -pi 0 -ct 0 -lp 0 -lf 0 -T system:mm[2]");
 	}
   	$t->waitfor(match=>"/system> /");
   } elsif (not $t) {#ssh failed.. fallback to a telnet attempt for older AMMs with telnet disabled by default
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/slpdiscover.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/slpdiscover.pm
index b97958522..ed43e2bc1 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/slpdiscover.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/slpdiscover.pm
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ sub setupIMM {
 					Errmode=>'return',
 					Prompt=>'/> $/');
 	if ($ssh and $ssh->atprompt) { #we are in and good to issue commands
+		$ssh->cmd("accseccfg -pe 0 -rc 0 -ci 0 -lf 0 -lp 0"); #disable the more insane password rules, this isn't by and large a human used interface
 		$ssh->cmd("users -1 -n ".$args{username}." -p ".$args{password}." -a super"); #this gets ipmi going
 		foreach my $ip (@ips) {
 			if ($ip =~ /:/) {