diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 602bcdafc..cefba67e9 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -4996,4 +4996,82 @@ sub get_unique_members
     }
     return keys %tmp_hash;
 }
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head3   updateEtcHosts
+    Description:
+        Add nodes and their IP addresses into /etc/hosts.
+    Arguments:
+        $host_ip: the hostname-IP pairs to be updated in /etc/hosts
+    Returns:
+        1: Succesfully. 0: Failed.
+    Globals:
+        none
+    Error:
+        none
+    Example:
+        xCAT::Utils::updateEtcHosts(\%node_to_be_updated)
+
+    Comments:
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Update /etc/hosts
+##########################################################################
+sub updateEtcHosts
+{
+    my $host_ip = shift;
+    my $fname = "/etc/hosts";
+    unless ( open( HOSTS,"<$fname" )) {
+        return undef;
+    }
+    my @rawdata = <HOSTS>;
+    my @newdata = ();
+    close( HOSTS );
+    chomp @rawdata;
+
+    ######################################
+    # Remove old entry
+    ######################################
+    foreach my $host ( keys %$host_ip) {
+        my $ip = $host_ip->{ $host};
+        my $updated = 0;
+        foreach my $line ( @rawdata ) {
+            if ( $line =~ /^#/ or $line =~ /^\s*$/ ) {
+                next;
+            } 
+            if ( $line =~ /^\s*\Q$ip\E\s+/ ) 
+            {
+                if ( $line =~ /\s+\Q$host\E\s+/ or 
+                    $line =~ /\s+\Q$host\E$/) 
+                {
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    $line .= "\t$host";
+                }
+                $updated = 1;
+                last;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( !$updated)
+        {
+            push @rawdata, "$ip\t$host";
+        }
+    }
+    ######################################
+    # Rewrite file
+    ######################################
+    unless ( open( HOSTS,">$fname" )) {
+        return undef;
+    }
+    for my $line (@rawdata)
+    {
+        print HOSTS "$line\n";
+    }
+    close( HOSTS );
+    return 1;
+}
 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
index 0f6ee45e6..04ebb2523 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rspconfig.1.pod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<ntp>={[B<ntpenable>],[B<ntpserver>],[B<frequency>],[
 
 =head2 FSP specific:
 
-B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<autopower>|B<iocap>|B<decfg>|B<memdecfg>|B<procdecfg>|B<time>|B<date>|B<spdump>|B<sysdump>}
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<autopower>|B<iocap>|B<decfg>|B<memdecfg>|B<procdecfg>|B<time>|B<date>|B<spdump>|B<sysdump>|B<network>}
 
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<autopower>={B<enable>|B<disable>}
 
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<procdecfg>={B<configure|deconfigure>:B<processinguni
 
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<memdecfg>={B<configure|deconfigure>:B<processingunit>:B<unit|bank>:B<id,...>>}
 
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,*>}
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,[IP,][hostname,][gateway,][netmask]>}
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,0.0.0.0>}
+
+=head2 BPA Specific:
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<network>}
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,*>}
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,[IP,][hostname,][gateway,][netmask]>}
+
+B<rspconfig> I<noderange> B<network>={B<nic,0.0.0.0>}
+
 =head2 HMC Specific:
 
 B<rspconfig> I<noderange> {B<sshcfg>}
@@ -129,7 +145,12 @@ The subnet mask.
 
 =item B<network>={[I<ip>],[I<host>],[I<gateway>],[I<netmask>]|*}
 
-Get or set the MPA network parameters. If '*' is specified, all parameters are read from the xCAT database.
+For MPA only. Get or set the MPA network parameters. If '*' is specified, all parameters are read from the xCAT database.
+
+=item B<network>={I<nic>,{[I<ip>],[I<host>],[I<gateway>],[I<netmask>]}|*}
+
+For FSP/BPA only. Get or set the FSP/BPA network parameters. If '*' is specified, all parameters are read from the xCAT database. 
+If the value of I<ip> is '0.0.0.0', this I<nic> will be configured as a DHCP client. Otherwise this I<nic> will be configured with a static IP.
 
 =item B<nonred>
 
@@ -266,6 +287,51 @@ B<rspconfig> I<mm01 network=,,192.168.1.1,>
 
 =item *
 
+To display the FSP network parameters for fsp01:
+
+B<rspconfig> I<fsp01 network>
+
+ fsp01:
+        eth0:
+                IP Type: Dynamic
+                IP Address: 192.168.1.215
+                Hostname:
+                Gateway:
+                Netmask: 255.255.255.0
+
+        eth1:
+                IP Type: Dynamic
+                IP Address: 192.168.200.51
+                Hostname: fsp01
+                Gateway:
+                Netmask: 255.255.255.0
+
+=item *
+
+To change the FSP network parameters with the values in command line for eth0 on fsp01:
+
+B<rspconfig> I<fsp01 network=eth0,192.168.1.200,fsp01,,255.255.255.0>
+
+ fsp01: Success to set IP address,hostname,netmask
+
+=item *
+
+To change the FSP network parameters with the values in the xCAT database for eth0 on fsp01:
+
+B<rspconfig> I<fsp01 network=eth0,*>
+
+ fsp01: Success to set IP address,hostname,gateway,netmask
+
+=item *
+
+To configure eth0 on fsp01 to get dynamic IP address from DHCP server: 
+
+B<rspconfig> I<fsp01 network=eth0,0.0.0.0>
+
+ fsp01: Success to set IP type to dynamic.
+
+=item *
+
 To get the current power redundancy mode for power domain 1 on mm01:
 
 B<rspconfig> I<mm01 pd1>
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/lsslp.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/lsslp.pm
index f1467e3e1..bdc0247b2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/lsslp.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/lsslp.pm
@@ -1492,45 +1492,6 @@ sub parse_responses {
     return( \%outhash );
 }
 
-##########################################################################
-# Update /etc/hosts
-##########################################################################
-sub updateEtcHosts
-{
-    my $host_ip = shift;
-    my $fname = "/etc/hosts";
-    unless ( open( HOSTS,"<$fname" )) {
-        return undef;
-    }
-    my @rawdata = <HOSTS>;
-    close( HOSTS );
-
-    ######################################
-    # Remove old entry
-    ######################################
-    foreach my $host ( keys %$host_ip) {
-        my $ip = $host_ip->{ $host};
-        foreach ( @rawdata ) {
-            if ( /^#/ or /^\s*\n$/ ) {
-                next;
-            } elsif ( /\s+$host\s+$/ ) {
-                s/$_//;
-            }
-        }
-        push @rawdata,"$ip\t$host\n";
-    }
-    ######################################
-    # Rewrite file
-    ######################################
-    unless ( open( HOSTS,">$fname" )) {
-        return undef;
-    }
-    print HOSTS @rawdata;
-    close( HOSTS );
-    return 1;
-}
-
-
 ##########################################################################
 # Write result to xCat database
 ##########################################################################
@@ -1656,7 +1617,7 @@ sub xCATdB {
             xCAT::PPCdb::add_systemX( $type, $data );
         }
     }
-    updateEtcHosts(\%host_ip);
+    xCAT::Utils::updateEtcHosts(\%host_ip);
 }