diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
index 64e8c097c..0e8bcaf3d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
@@ -4497,13 +4497,16 @@ sub clicmds {
   my $curraddr = $mpa;
   if ($args{curraddr}) {
 	$curraddr = $args{curraddr};
-  } elsif (defined($handled{'initnetwork'})) {
+  } elsif (defined($handled{'initnetwork'}) or defined($handled{'USERID'})) {
     # get the IP of mpa from the hosts.otherinterfaces
     my $hoststab = xCAT::Table->new('hosts');
     if ($hoststab) {
       my $hostdata = $hoststab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['otherinterfaces']);
       if (!$hostdata->{'otherinterfaces'}) {
-         return ([1,\@unhandled,"Cannot find the temporary IP from the hosts.otherinterfaces"]);
+         if (!defined($handled{'USERID'})) {
+             push @cfgtext, "Cannot find the temporary IP from the hosts.otherinterfaces";
+             return ([1,\@unhandled,""]);
+         }
       } else {
       	$curraddr = $hostdata->{'otherinterfaces'};
       }
@@ -4638,6 +4641,14 @@ sub clicmds {
     }
     if (!defined($result)) {next;}
     push @data, "$_: @$result";
+    if (/^initnetwork$/) {
+        if (!@$result[0]) {
+            my $hoststab = xCAT::Table->new('hosts');
+            if ($hoststab)  {
+                $hoststab->setNodeAttribs($mpa, {otherinterfaces=>''});
+            }       
+        }
+    }
     $Rc |= shift(@$result);
     push @cfgtext,@$result;
   }