diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/AAsn.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/AAsn.pm
index 1780f8e2f..245e9014e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/AAsn.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/AAsn.pm
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ sub setup_CONS
         # make the consever 8 configuration file
         my $cmdref;
         $cmdref->{command}->[0] = "makeconservercf";
+        $cmdref->{arg}->[0] = "-l";
         $cmdref->{cwd}->[0]     = "/opt/xcat/sbin";
         $cmdref->{svboot}->[0]  = "yes";
 
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ sub setup_DHCP
     }
     my $cmdref;
     $cmdref->{command}->[0] = "makedhcp";
+    $cmdref->{arg}->[0] = "-l";
     $cmdref->{cwd}->[0]     = "/opt/xcat/sbin";
     $cmdref->{arg}->[0]     = "-n";
 
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@ sub setup_DHCP
     }
     $cmdref;
     $cmdref->{command}->[0] = "makedhcp";
+    $cmdref->{arg}->[0] = "-l";
     $cmdref->{cwd}->[0]     = "/opt/xcat/sbin";
     $cmdref->{arg}->[0]     = "-a";
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/dhcp.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/dhcp.pm
index 2782cdc80..e92737537 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/dhcp.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/dhcp.pm
@@ -298,18 +298,23 @@ sub preprocess_request
 {
     my $req = shift;
     $callback = shift;
+    my $localonly
+    @ARGV       = @{$req->{arg}};
+    GetOptions('l' => \$localonly);
     if ($req->{_xcatdest})
     {
         return [$req];
     }    #Exit if the packet has been preprocessed in its history
     my @requests =
       ({%$req});    #Start with a straight copy to reflect local instance
-    my @sn = xCAT::Utils->getSNList('dhcpserver');
-    foreach my $s (@sn)
-    {
-        my $reqcopy = {%$req};
-        $reqcopy->{'_xcatdest'} = $s;
-        push @requests, $reqcopy;
+    unless ($localonly) {
+        my @sn = xCAT::Utils->getSNList('dhcpserver');
+        foreach my $s (@sn)
+        {
+            my $reqcopy = {%$req};
+            $reqcopy->{'_xcatdest'} = $s;
+            push @requests, $reqcopy;
+        }
     }
     if (scalar(@requests) > 1)
     {               #hierarchy detected, enforce more rigorous sanity