diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPinv.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPinv.pm
index d26349fe8..7fbdd7e0f 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPinv.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPinv.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sub parse_args {
     $Getopt::Long::ignorecase = 0;
     Getopt::Long::Configure( "bundling" );
 
-    if ( !GetOptions( \%opt, qw(V|Verbose) )) { 
+    if ( !GetOptions( \%opt, qw(V|Verbose x) )) { 
         return( usage() );
     }
     ####################################
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ sub parse_args {
     if ( defined( $ARGV[0] )) {
         return(usage( "Invalid Argument: $ARGV[0]" ));
     }
+    if (exists($opt{x}) and $cmd !~ /^deconfig$/) {
+        return (usage("Option '-x' can't work with '$cmd'"));
+    }
     ####################################
     # Set method to invoke 
     ####################################
@@ -268,10 +271,13 @@ sub deconfig {
              $decfg = XMLin($data);
          };
          if( $@ ) {
-             push @result,[$name, "Error: there are some unreadable XML data from the firmware. Please check with the data provider.", -1];
+             push @result,[$name, "Error: there are some unreadable XML data from the firmware. It can't be parsed by 'xcatd'.", -1];
              return (\@result);
          }
-
+         if( exists($request->{opt}->{x})) {
+             push @result, [$name, "\n".$data, -1];
+             next;
+         }
 	#print "decfg";
         #print Dumper($decfg); 
 	my $node =  $decfg->{NODE};
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
index 45508f4a2..d34807438 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ my %usage = (
     PPC specific(with HMC):
        rinv <noderange> [bus|config|serial|model|firm|all]
     PPC specific(using Direct FSP Management):
-       rinv <noderange> [firm|deconfig]
+       rinv <noderange> [firm]
+       rinv <noderange> [deconfig [-x]]
     Blade specific:
        rinv <noderange> [mtm|serial|mac|bios|diag|mprom|mparom|firm|all]
     VMware specific:
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rinv.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rinv.1.pod
index 78c954238..4e1ad910e 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rinv.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rinv.1.pod
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ B<rinv> I<noderange> {B<bus>|B<config>|B<serial>|B<model>|B<firm>|B<all>}
 
 =head2 PPC (using Direct FSP Management) specific:
 
-B<rinv> I<noderange> {B<firm>|B<deconfig>}
+B<rinv> I<noderange> {B<firm>}
+
+B<rinv> I<noderange> {B<deconfig> [B<-x>]}
 
 =head2 Blade specific:
 
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ Retrieves firmware versions.
 
 Retrieves deconfigured resources. Deconfigured resources are hw components (cpus, memory, etc.) that have failed so the firmware has automatically turned those components off. 
 
+=item B<-x>
+
+To output the information of deconfigured resources in XML format.
+
 =item B<asset>
 
 Retrieves asset tag.  Usually it's the MAC address of eth0.
@@ -141,6 +147,21 @@ To retrieve all information available from blade node4, enter:
 
 =item *
 
+To output the information of deconfigured resources in XML format for CEC cec01, enter:
+
+ rinv cec01 deconfig -x
+
+ cec01:
+ <SYSTEM>
+ <System_type>IH</System_type>
+ <NODE>
+ <Location_code>U78A9.001.0123456-P1</Location_code>
+ <RID>800</RID>
+ </NODE>
+ </SYSTEM>
+
+=item *
+
 To retrieve 'config' information from the HMC-managed LPAR node3, enter:
 
  rinv node3 config