diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 059364059..8e67b1be5 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ site => {
    "  master:\tThe hostname of the xCAT management node.\n\n".
    "  maxssh:\tThe max # of SSH connections for hw ctrl purposes to PPC hw.\n\n".
    "  nameservers:\tA comma delimited list of DNS servers for the cluster - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
+   "  nonodestatus:\tIf set to 1, the nodelist.status column will not be updated during the node deployment, node discovery and power operation.\n\n".
    "  ntpservers:\tA comma delimited list of NTP servers for the cluster - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
    "  ppcmaxp:\tThe max # of processes for PPC hw ctrl.\n\n".
    "  ppcretry:\tThw max # of PPC hw connection attempts before failing.\n\n".
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index e8bee9bb9..177e2822b 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -127,9 +127,17 @@ sub process_command {
   my %nodestat=();
   my $check=0;
   my $newstat;
+  my $global_check=1;
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'nonodestatus'}, 'value');
+    if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+       if ($ref->{value} =~ /1|y|Y/) { $global_check=0; }
+    }
+  }
+
   if ($request->{command} eq 'rpower') {
     my $subcommand=$request->{op};
-    if (($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status') && ($subcommand ne 'state')) { 
+    if (($global_check) && ($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status') && ($subcommand ne 'state')) { 
       $check=1;
       my $noderange = $request->{node}; 
       my @allnodes=@$noderange;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
index b41f93af7..1b89d1297 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/blade.pm
@@ -2826,8 +2826,18 @@ sub dompa {
   my $check=0;
   my $nsh={};
 
+  my $global_check=1;
+  my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'nonodestatus'}, 'value');
+    if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+       if ($ref->{value} =~ /1|y|Y/) { $global_check=0; }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   if ($command eq 'rpower') {
-    if (($args->[0] ne 'stat') && ($args->[0] ne 'status')) { 
+    if (($global_check) && ($args->[0] ne 'stat') && ($args->[0] ne 'status')) { 
       $check=1; 
       my @allnodes=keys %{$mpahash->{$mpa}->{nodes}};
 
@@ -2838,6 +2848,8 @@ sub dompa {
       }
     }
   }
+  #print "\nglobal_check=$global_check, check=$check\n";
+
 
   foreach $node (sort (keys %{$mpahash->{$mpa}->{nodes}})) {
     $curn = $node;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
index f6cb43f71..b7c94d73d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
@@ -5880,8 +5880,16 @@ sub process_request {
   my %nodestat=();
   my $check=0;
   my $newstat;
+  my $global_check=1;
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'nonodestatus'}, 'value');
+    if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+       if ($ref->{value} =~ /1|y|Y/) { $global_check=0; }
+    }
+  }
+ 
   if ($command eq 'rpower') {
-    if (($extrargs->[0] ne 'stat') && ($extrargs->[0] ne 'status') && ($extrargs->[0] ne 'state')) { 
+    if (($global_check) && ($extrargs->[0] ne 'stat') && ($extrargs->[0] ne 'status') && ($extrargs->[0] ne 'state')) { 
       $check=1; 
       my @allnodes;
       foreach (@donargs) { push(@allnodes, $_->[0]); }
@@ -5905,6 +5913,7 @@ sub process_request {
       }
     }
   }
+
   #foreach (keys %nodestat) { print "node=$_,status=" . $nodestat{$_} ."\n"; } #Ling:remove
 
     my $children = 0;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
index 77ad7a3bc..ba2391668 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
@@ -894,9 +894,17 @@ sub process_request {
   my %nodestat=();
   my $check=0;
   my $newstat;
+  my $global_check=1;
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'nonodestatus'}, 'value');
+    if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+       if ($ref->{value} =~ /1|y|Y/) { $global_check=0; }
+    }
+  }
+
   if ($command eq 'rpower') {
     my $subcommand=$exargs[0];
-    if (($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status')) { 
+    if (($global_check) && ($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status')) { 
       $check=1; 
       my @allnodes=@$noderange;
       if ($subcommand eq 'off') { $newstat=$::STATUS_POWERING_OFF; }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xen.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xen.pm
index 8d4a8e021..d4a99c11d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xen.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/xen.pm
@@ -754,9 +754,18 @@ sub process_request {
   my %nodestat=();
   my $check=0;
   my $newstat;
+  my $global_check=1;
+  my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
+  if ($sitetab) {
+    (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key => 'nonodestatus'}, 'value');
+    if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
+       if ($ref->{value} =~ /1|y|Y/) { $global_check=0; }
+    }
+  }
+
   if ($command eq 'rpower') {
     my $subcommand=$exargs[0];
-    if (($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status')) { 
+    if (($global_check) && ($subcommand ne 'stat') && ($subcommand ne 'status')) { 
       $check=1; 
       my @allnodes=@$noderange;
       if ($subcommand eq 'off') { $newstat=$::STATUS_POWERING_OFF; }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index fce8d91a4..cc10334c6 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -140,9 +140,16 @@ if (-f $scriptname)
 }
 
 if (@ARGV<1) {
-  if (&updateflag($nodesetstat) != 0) {
-    print "$::sdate xcataixpost: Failed to update the xCAT server.\n";
-    print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate xcataixpost: Failed to update the xCAT server..\n";
+  my $update=1;
+  if (-f $scriptname) {
+      my $CNS=`grep NONODESTATUS= $scriptname`;
+      if ((!$?) && ($CNS =~ /\'1\'|\'Y\'|\'y\'/)) { $update=0;}  #only update is nonodestatus is not set in the site table
+  }
+  if ($update) {
+      if (&updateflag($nodesetstat) != 0) {
+	  print "$::sdate xcataixpost: Failed to update the xCAT server.\n";
+	  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate xcataixpost: Failed to update the xCAT server..\n";
+      }
   }
 } else {
   #called by updatenode, infrom user it is done
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index 3ee01a542..7d56c9135 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   #notify the server that we are done with netbooting
-  echo "updateflag.awk \$MASTER 3002 \"installstatus booted\"" >> /tmp/mypostscript
+  CNS=`grep NONODESTATUS= /tmp/mypostscript |awk -F = '{print $2}'`
+  if [ -z "$CNS" ] || [ $CNS != "'1'" -a   $CNS != "'Y'"  -a  $CNS != "'y'" ]; then
+      echo "updateflag.awk \$MASTER 3002 \"installstatus booted\"" >> /tmp/mypostscript
+  fi
 fi
 
 DHCP_TMP=`sed 's/\(DHCPINTERFACES=\)\(.*\)$/\1"\2"/' /tmp/mypostscript`