diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.debian b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.debian
index f8985ad09..740185945 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.debian
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.debian
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ do
                 touch /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
             fi
             echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+            NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+            echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
 	    break
 	fi
 	RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ cd /xcatpost
 #gunzip xcatpost.tar.gz
 #tar -xvf xcatpost.tar
 #/xcatpost/#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 
 #save the postboot scripts to /var/tmp/mypostscript.post
 #
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.esx b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.esx
index 7f5f639f2..ba5911f67 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.esx
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.esx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ifconfig
 cat /etc/resolv.conf
 mount $MASTER_IP:/install/postscripts /xcatpost
 cd /xcatpost
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 export NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
 export OSVER=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:os#
 export ARCH=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:arch#
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel5.s390x b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel5.s390x
index 8d44ab030..26fc7fbf9 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel5.s390x
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel5.s390x
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ do
             touch /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         fi
         echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
-        echo "REBOOT=TRUE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo    
+        echo "REBOOT=TRUE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo   
+        NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+        echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         break
     fi
     RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ do
 done
 
 cd /xcatpost
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 
 # Use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
 TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\(.*\)/run_ps \1/;s/run_ps\s*#/#/;s/run_ps\s*$//" /xcatpost/mypostscript`
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel6.s390x b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel6.s390x
index f3ca7035e..2ec7f9963 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel6.s390x
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhel6.s390x
@@ -82,14 +82,16 @@ do
             touch /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         fi
         echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
-            break
+        NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+        echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+        break
     fi
     RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
     sleep $RAND
 done
 
 cd /xcatpost
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 
 # Use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
 TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\(.*\)/run_ps \1/;s/run_ps\s*#/#/;s/run_ps\s*$//" /xcatpost/mypostscript`
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles10.s390x b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles10.s390x
index 319f7f7bb..3658e06bb 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles10.s390x
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles10.s390x
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ do
 
         echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         echo "REBOOT=TRUE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+        NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+        echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         break
     fi
 
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ do
     sleep $RAND
 done
 
-PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 export PATH
 
 # use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles11.s390x b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles11.s390x
index 176d17858..bedb9a6b8 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles11.s390x
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.sles11.s390x
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ do
 
         echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         echo "REBOOT=TRUE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+        NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+        echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
         break
     fi
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ do
     sleep $RAND
 done
 
-PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 export PATH
 
 # use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.ubuntu b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.ubuntu
index a118ff20b..aae157b1d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.ubuntu
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.ubuntu
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ do
                 touch /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
             fi
             echo "XCATSERVER=$i" > /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+            NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+            echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
 	    break
 	fi
 	RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ cd /xcatpost
 #gunzip xcatpost.tar.gz
 #tar -xvf xcatpost.tar
 #/xcatpost/#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 
 #save the postboot scripts to /var/tmp/mypostscript.post
 #
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
index dd16fa716..977df68c9 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
@@ -98,12 +98,15 @@ do
 	sleep $RAND
 done
 echo "INSTALLDIR=$INSTALLDIR" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
+echo "NODE=$NODE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+
 #echo "REBOOT=TRUE" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
 cd /xcatpost
 #gunzip xcatpost.tar.gz
 #tar -xvf xcatpost.tar
 #/xcatpost/#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
+export PATH=$PATH:/xcatpost
 
 # use the run_ps subroutine to run the postscripts
 TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\(.*\)/run_ps \1/;s/run_ps\s*#/#/;s/run_ps\s*$//" /xcatpost/mypostscript`
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index acb6e8505..822fc1e17 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh  
+#!/bin/sh
 # IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 #####################################################
 #
@@ -341,10 +341,38 @@ fi # finish the postscripts download
 
 rm -rf /xcatpost/mypostscript
 
-node=`hostname --short`
+#get node name 
+if [ -f /opt/xcat/xcatinfo ]; then
+    node=`grep 'NODE' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo |cut -d= -f2`
+fi
+
+#try to get the node ip address that connects to the server.
+#then resolve the name of the ip
+if [ -z "$node" ]; then
+    #find out the ip address of the node for the management nic
+    NIP=`ip route get $SIP | head -n 1 | sed 's/^.*src//g' | awk {'print $1'}
+`
+    if [ -n "$NIP" ]; then
+	#relsove the name of the node from ip address
+	node=`host $NIP | awk {'print $5'} | sed '$s/\.$//'`
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$node" ]; then
+    node=`hostname`
+fi
+
+#try the short name first
+node_short=`echo $node |awk -F. {'print $1'}`
 max_retries=2
 postfix=0
-download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR 
+download_mypostscript $SIP $node_short $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR 
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    if [ "$node" != "node_short" ]; then
+	download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR
+    fi
+fi
+
 
 
 
@@ -383,6 +411,11 @@ if [ ! -x /xcatpost/mypostscript ]; then
 max_retries=1
 postfix=1
 download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR 
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    if [ "$node" != "node_short" ]; then
+	download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR
+    fi
+fi
 
 MYCONT=`grep MASTER /xcatpost/mypostscript`
 #echo "MYCONT=$MYCONT"
@@ -409,7 +442,11 @@ while [ -z "$MYCONT" ]; do
     max_retries=1
     postfix=1
     download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR 
- 
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	if [ "$node" != "node_short" ]; then
+	    download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR
+	fi
+    fi 
     MYCONT=`grep MASTER /xcatpost/mypostscript`
     if [ ! -z "$MYCONT" ]; then
         break;
@@ -435,7 +472,21 @@ if [ -n "$new_ms" ]; then
 	echo "XCATSERVER=$new_ms" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
     fi
 fi
-    
+
+#save the NODE into xcatinfo
+new_node=`grep '^NODE=' /xcatpost/mypostscript |cut -d= -f2`
+if [ -n "$new_node" ]; then
+    if [ ! -f /opt/xcat/xcatinfo ]; then
+	mkdir -p /opt/xcat
+	touch /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+    fi
+    grep '^NODE=' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo 2>&1 > /dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	sed -i "s/NODE=.*/NODE=$new_node/" /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+    else
+	echo "NODE=$new_node" >> /opt/xcat/xcatinfo
+    fi
+fi    
 
 # when called by the updatenode command
 #modify the UPDATENODE flag to 1