diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod
index 54c42ed13..0cfe80393 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ To create a tagged vlan on an interface, enter:
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<lsvlan(1)|lsvlan.1>
+L<noderange(3)|noderange.3>, L<lsvlan(1)|lsvlan.1>
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
index c790b25f4..e06ad1b25 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ use xCAT::Utils;
 use xCAT::TableUtils;
 use xCAT::SvrUtils;
 use xCAT::Usage;
-
-use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
+use xCAT::NodeRange;
 
 sub handled_commands {
   return {
@@ -91,10 +90,10 @@ sub mkvlan
 
     # Go through the arguments, and get the relevant information
     @ARGV = @{$req->{arg}};
-    
+
     #Detect if the first variable is a number or not, as it may be the vlanid
     if ($ARGV[0] !~ /\D/) {$vlanid=$ARGV[0];}
-    
+
     GetOptions(
                't=s' => \$subnet,
                'm=s' => \$mask,
@@ -105,8 +104,12 @@ sub mkvlan
                );
     
     # Show usage info if help is defined
-    if ($help) { $mkvlan_usage->(0); return; }
+    if ($help) { $mkvlan_usage->(0); return;}
 
+    # Node range must be defined
+    if (!defined($noderange)) { $mkvlan_usage->(1); return;}
+
+    # Display the version of the code
     if ($VERSION) {
       my %rsp;
       my $version = xCAT::Utils->Version();
@@ -115,6 +118,29 @@ sub mkvlan
       return;
     }
 
+    # put the nodes in an array
+    my @nodes = split(/,/,$noderange);
+    my $swtab = xCAT::Table->new('switch');
+    my $swhash = $swtab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes,['switch','vlan','port','interface']);
+    
+    foreach (@nodes)
+    {
+    	my $node = $_;
+    	
+    	foreach (@$swhash->{$node}) 
+    	{
+    		my $nswhash = $_;
+    	
+    		my $switch    = $nswhash->{'switch'};
+    		my $vlan      = $nswhash->{'vlan'};
+    		my $port      = $nswhash->{'port'};
+    		my $swinterface = $nswhash->{'interface'};
+
+			if ($vlanid == "" || !defined($vlanid)) {$vlanid = $vlan;}
+			if ($interface == "" || !defined($interface)) { $interface = $swinterface;}
+			
+			
+    }
 
 }