diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
index 984329810..a05a3bbc9 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
@@ -509,7 +509,12 @@ sub noderange {
   $missingnodes=[];
   #We for now just do left to right operations
   my $range=shift;
-  my $verify = (scalar(@_) == 1 ? shift : 1);
+  my $verify = (scalar(@_) >= 1 ? shift : 1);
+
+  #excludenodes attribute in site table,
+  #these nodes should be excluded for any xCAT commands
+  my $exsitenode = (scalar(@_) >= 1 ? shift : 1);
+
   unless ($nodelist) { 
     $nodelist =xCAT::Table->new('nodelist',-create =>1); 
     $nodelist->_set_use_cache(0); #TODO: a more proper external solution
@@ -573,6 +578,27 @@ sub noderange {
 
     }    # end of main while loop
 
+
+    # Exclude the nodes in site attribute excludenodes?
+    if ($exsitenode) {
+        my $badnoderange = 0;
+        my @badnodes = ();
+        my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site',-create=>0);
+        if ($sitetab) {
+            my ($ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'excludenodes'}, 'value');
+            if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+                $badnoderange = $ref->{value};
+                # use the exsitenode argument to exit recursion
+                @badnodes = noderange($badnoderange, 1, 0);
+                foreach my $bnode (@badnodes) {
+                    if (!$delnodes{$bnode}) {
+                        $delnodes{$bnode} = 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     # Now remove all the exclusion nodes
     foreach (keys %nodes) {
 		if ($delnodes{$_}) {
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 7f329962d..348d13831 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -774,6 +774,10 @@ site => {
    "                  events to if the primary HMC is down.\n\n".
    " enableASMI:  (yes/1 or no/0). If yes, ASMI method will be used after fsp-api. If no,\n".
    "               when fsp-api is used, ASMI method will not be used. Default is no.\n\n".
+   " excludenodes:  A set of comma separated nodes and/or groups that would automatically\n".
+   "                be subtracted from any noderange, it can be used for excluding some\n".
+   "                failed nodes for any xCAT commands. See the 'noderange' manpage for\n".
+   "                details on supported formats.\n\n".
    " forwarders:  The DNS servers at your site that can provide names outside of the\n".
    "              cluster.  The DNS on the management node will forward requests it\n".
    "              does not know to these servers.\n\n".