diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCcfg.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCcfg.pm
index 8658b892b..b95806830 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCcfg.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCcfg.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ sub parse_args {
     #############################################
     # Get support command list
     #############################################
+    my $sitetab  = xCAT::Table->new( 'nodetype' );
+    my $nodes = $request->{node};
+    foreach (@$nodes) {
+        if ( defined( $sitetab )) {      
+            my ($ent) = $sitetab->getAttribs({ node=>$_},'nodetype');
+            if ( defined($ent) ) {
+                   $request->{hwtype} = $ent->{nodetype};
+                   last;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+    }
+ 
     my $supported = $rsp{$request->{hwtype}};
   
     #############################################
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index f0dcaa3f9..899e4e1ad 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -1285,8 +1285,15 @@ sub process_request {
     my $request = {%$req};
     $request->{command} = $req->{command}->[0];
     $request->{stdin}   = $req->{stdin}->[0]; 
-    $request->{hwtype}  = $package;
+#    $request->{hwtype}  = $package;
     $request->{callback}= $callback;
+    #########################
+    #This is a special case for rspconfig, we shouldn't set hwtype as$package. and reserved for other commands.
+    #########################
+    if($request->{command} ne "rspconfig") {
+        $request->{hwtype}  = $package;
+    }
+
     ####################################
     # Option -V for verbose output
     ####################################