diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
index 130e6ce31..24b5b4988 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ our @dsh_valid_env = (
                       'DSH_PATH',           'DSH_SYNTAX',
                       'DSH_TIMEOUT',        'DSH_REMOTE_PASSWORD',
                       'DSH_TO_USERID',      'DSH_FROM_USERID',
-                      'DEVICETYPE',         'RSYNCSN',
+                      'DEVICETYPE',         'RSYNCSN','DSH_RSYNC_FILE',
                       );
 select(STDERR);
 $| = 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
index 2c8e8dd85..32856ae29 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xdsh
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ if ($ENV{'DEVICETYPE'})
     push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "DEVICETYPE=$ENV{'DEVICETYPE'}");
 }
 
+if ($ENV{'DSH_RSYNC_FILE'})
+{
+    push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "DSH_RSYNC_FILE=$ENV{'DSH_RSYNC_FILE'}");
+}
 if ($ENV{'RSYNCSN'})
 {
     push(@{$cmdref->{env}}, "RSYNCSN=$ENV{'RSYNCSN'}");
@@ -453,6 +457,10 @@ sub parse_args_xdcp
     {
         $ENV{'RSYNCSN'} = "yes";    # rsync file to SN
     }
+    if ($options{'File'})
+    {
+        $ENV{'DSH_RSYNC_FILE'} = $options{'File'} ;    # rsync file
+    }
     if ($options{'version'})
     {
         my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xdsh.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xdsh.pm
index d3248ef9e..97b78c684 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xdsh.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xdsh.pm
@@ -61,14 +61,18 @@ sub preprocess_request
     my $nodes   = $req->{node};
     my $service = "xcat";
     my @requests;
-    my $syncsn = 0;
+    my $syncsn     = 0;
+    my $syncsnfile = "NONE";
     foreach my $envar (@{$req->{env}})
     {
         my ($var, $value) = split(/=/, $envar, 2);
         if ($var eq "RSYNCSN")
         {    # syncing SN, will change
             $syncsn = 1;    # nodelist to the list of SN
-            last;           # for those nodes
+        }
+        if ($var eq "DSH_RSYNC_FILE")
+        {                   # if hierarchy,need to put file on the SN
+            $syncsnfile = $value;    # sync file to SN
         }
     }
 
@@ -78,9 +82,28 @@ sub preprocess_request
     {
         $sn = xCAT::Utils->get_ServiceNode($nodes, $service, "MN");
         if ($syncsn == 0)
-        {                   # not syncing sn, do hierarchy
-                            # build each request for each service node
+        {                            # not syncing sn, do hierarchy
+                                     # build each request for each service node
 
+            foreach my $snkey (keys %$sn)
+            {
+                if ($syncsnfile ne "NONE")
+                {                    # need to send rsync file to SN
+                    my $addreq;
+                    $addreq->{node}->[0]      = $snkey;
+                    $addreq->{noderange}->[0] = $snkey;
+                    $addreq->{arg}->[0]       = $syncsnfile;
+                    $addreq->{arg}->[1]       = $syncsnfile;
+                    $addreq->{command}->[0]   = $req->{command}->[0];
+                    $addreq->{cwd}->[0]       = $req->{cwd}->[0];
+                    push @requests, $addreq;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    last;
+                }
+
+            }
             foreach my $snkey (keys %$sn)
             {
                 my $reqcopy = {%$req};