diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
index a277388e3..14d3dd49b 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ sub process_request {
 		my $netn = inet_ntoa(pack("N",$ipn & $mask));
 		my $hosttag = gethosttag($node,$netn,@ifinfo[1],\%usednames);
 		if ($hosttag) {
-         (my $rent) = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,'primarynic');
+         (my $rent) = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,'primarynic','nfsserver');
          unless ($rent and $rent->{primarynic}) { #if primarynic not set, set it to this nic
             $nrtab->setNodeAttribs($node,{primarynic=>@ifinfo[1]});
          }
+         unless ($rent and $rent->{primarynic}) {
+            $nrtab->setNodeAttribs($node,{nfsserver=>xCAT::Utils->my_ip_facing($hosttag)});
+         }
          $usednames{$hosttag}=1;
 		   $macstring .= $ifinfo[2]."!".$hosttag."|";
 		} else {