diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 64d77357f..7a0b0c059 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ site => {
    "  ipmitimeout:\tThe timeout to use when communicating with BMCs. Default is 2 seconds.\n\n".
    "  iscsidir:\tThe path to put the iscsi disks in on the mgmt node.\n\n".
    "  master:\tThe hostname of the xCAT management node, as known by the nodes.\n\n".
-   "  maxssh:\tThe max # of SSH connections at any one time to the hw ctrl point for PPC hw ctrl purposes. Default is 10.\n\n".
+   "  maxssh:\tThe max # of SSH connections at any one time to the hw ctrl point for PPC hw ctrl purposes. Default is 8.\n\n".
    "  nameservers:\tA comma delimited list of DNS servers that each node in the cluster should use - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
    "  nodestatus:\tIf set to 'n', the nodelist.status column will not be updated during the node deployment, node discovery and power operation.\n\n".
    "  ntpservers:\tA comma delimited list of NTP servers for the cluster - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index 4c2b75ae5..40ef00aac 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ sub process_command {
     $request->{ppctimeout} = 0;
     $request->{fsptimeout} = 0;
     $request->{ppcretry}   = 3;
-    $request->{maxssh}     = 10;
+    $request->{maxssh}     = 8;
 
     #######################################
     # Get site table attributes 
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ sub sshcmds_on_hmc
             ppctimeout => 0,
             fsptimeout => 0,
             ppcretry   => 3,
-            maxssh     => 10
+            maxssh     => 8 
 
             );
 
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ sub updconf_in_asm
             ppctimeout  => 0,
             fsptimeout  => 0,
             ppcretry    => 3,
-            maxssh      => 10,
+            maxssh      => 8,
             arg         => \@cmds,
             method      => \%handled,
             command     => 'rspconfig',
diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
index be386932f..ad55c8722 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ sub initDB
         }
         $chtabcmds .= "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab key=master site.value=$master;";
         $chtabcmds .=
-          "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab key=maxssh site.value=10;";
+          "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab key=maxssh site.value=8;";
         $chtabcmds .=
           "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab key=ppcmaxp site.value=64;";
         $chtabcmds .=