diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
index e1e34bda4..213abcdb6 100755
--- a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compilers/compilers.otherpkgs.pkglist#
 #INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/pe/pe.otherpkgs.pkglist#
 #INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/essl/essl.otherpkgs.pkglist#
-
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/loadl/loadl.otherpkgs.pkglist#
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.cleanup b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.cleanup
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f9987ce49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.cleanup
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This script should be run as a postinstall script from genimage when
+#  creating minimal diskless images
+# It will remove various rpms from the image that are probably not needed
+#  for runtime compute nodes
+# Review this script carefully in case you need any of these rpms in your
+#  image
+#
+#-- $1 = install root (chroot directory for profile)
+#-- $2 = OS version
+#-- $3 = architecture
+#-- $4 = profile name
+#-- $5 = work dir (where genimage is located)
+#--
+#--
+installroot=$1
+osver=$2
+arch=$3
+profile=$4
+workdir=$5
+
+#uninstall the ibm-java2 and rpms pulled in by it
+rpm -e  --root $installroot ibm-java2-ppc64-jre.ppc64 libXp.ppc libXp.ppc64  
+
+#uninstall the rpms pulled in by LoadL_resmgr
+rpm -e --nodeps --root $installroot libX11.ppc libX11.ppc64  libX11-common libXext.ppc libXext.ppc64 libXScrnSaver.ppc64 libXau.ppc libXau.ppc64 libICE.ppc64 libSM.ppc64 libXmu.ppc64 libXt.ppc64 libXtst.ppc64 libXi.ppc64 libxcb.ppc libxcb.ppc64 libstdc++.ppc libstdc++.ppc64 
+
+#uninstall the rpms pulled in by vacpp.rte
+rpm -e --nodeps --root $installroot gcc.ppc64 gcc-c++.ppc64  cpp.ppc64 glibc-devel.ppc glibc-devel.ppc64 glibc-headers.ppc64  libstdc++-devel.ppc libstdc++-devel.ppc64   
+
+#uninstall rpms that should not be on a compute node
+#rpm -e --root $installroot libjpeg libtiff fontconfig freetype
+
+#uninstall yast2 rpms
+#rpm -e --root $installroot yast2 yast2-bootloader yast2-kdump yast2-packager yast2-storage yast2-branding-SLES yast2-core yast2-hardware-detection yast2-ncurses-pkg yast2-perl-bindings yast2-pkg-bindings yast2-theme-SLE yast2-transfer yast2-xml yast2-ycp-ui-bindings yast2-country-data yast2-libyui yast2-ncurses yast2-storage-lib
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.exlist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.exlist
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a3760035e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.exlist
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+./boot*
+./usr/share/wallpapers/RHEL6/contents/images*
+./usr/include*
+./usr/lib/locale*
+./usr/lib64/perl5/Encode/CN*
+./usr/lib64/perl5/Encode/JP*
+./usr/lib64/perl5/Encode/TW*
+./usr/lib64/perl5/Encode/KR*
+./lib/kbd/keymaps/i386*
+./lib/kbd/keymaps/mac*
+./lib/kdb/keymaps/include*
+./usr/local/include*
+./usr/local/share/man*
+./usr/share/man*
+./usr/share/cracklib*
+./usr/share/doc*
+./usr/share/doc/packages/cyrus-sasl/doc*
+./usr/share/gnome*
+./usr/share/i18n*
+./usr/share/info*
+./usr/share/locale/*
++./usr/share/locale/en_US*
++./usr/share/locale/C*
+./usr/share/man*
+./usr/share/omf*
+./usr/share/vim/site/doc*
+./usr/share/vim/vim72/doc*
+./usr/share/zoneinfo*
+./var/cache/man*
+./var/lib/yum*
+
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8efa1262a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# OS packages that are useful for all IBM HPC products
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist#
+
+xinetd
+rsh
+rsh-server
+
+
+compat-libstdc++-33.ppc
+compat-libstdc++-33.ppc64
+libXmu.ppc64
+libXtst.ppc64
+libXp.ppc64
+libXp.ppc
+libXScrnSaver.ppc64
+
+at.ppc64
+
+#gcc
+#gcc-c++
+libgcc.ppc
+libgcc.ppc64
+libstdc++.ppc
+libstdc++.ppc64
+libstdc++-devel.ppc
+libstdc++-devel.ppc64
+glibc-devel.ppc
+glibc-devel.ppc64
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.exlist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.exlist
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..73b7114f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.exlist
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Sample exlude list for building a diskless RHEL6 PPC64 image
+
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compilers/compilers.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/essl/min-essl.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/min-gpfs.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/loadl/min-loadl.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/pe/pe.exlist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/rsct/min-rsct.exlist#
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1228dfda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Sample otherpkgs pkglist for installing all IBM HPC products in a 
+# RHEL6 PPC64  minimal  diskless image 
+
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compilers/min-compilers.otherpkgs.pkglist#
+
+# NEW_INSTALL_LIST 
+
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/min-gpfs.otherpkgs.pkglist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/pe/pe.otherpkgs.pkglist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/essl/essl.otherpkgs.pkglist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/loadl/loadl.otherpkgs.pkglist#
+
+# For full-disk (stateful) images EDIT below to use rsct.otherpkgs 
+# For diskless
+# rpms are installed with postinstall script 
+
+#do not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/rsct/rsct.otherpkgs.pkglist#
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..315987909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#  Sample package list for installing all IBM HPC products in a
+#  RHEL6 ppc64   minimal  diskless image
+
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist#
+#INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.ppc64.pkglist#
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/compilers/min-compilers.pkglist#
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/essl/min-essl.pkglist#
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/pe/min-loadl.pkglist#
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/pe/min-pe.pkglist#
+#not INCLUDE:/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc/rsct/rsct.pkglist#
+
+
diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.postinstall b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.postinstall
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..357aacb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/min-compute.rhel6.ppc64.postinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Sample postinstall script for building a diskless SLES11 PPC64 image
+#  with all IBM HPC products
+#
+#-- this script is run after all packages from $profile.pkglist are installed
+#--
+#-- it gets these arguments:
+#--
+#-- $1 = install root (chroot directory for profile)
+#-- $2 = OS version
+#-- $3 = architecture
+#-- $4 = profile name
+#-- $5 = work dir (where genimage is located)
+#--
+#--
+installroot=$1
+osver=$2
+arch=$3
+profile=$4
+workdir=$5
+
+hpc=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/IBMhpc
+otherpkgs=/install/post/otherpkgs/$osver/$arch
+
+
+# Run default postinstall shipped with xcat
+/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhel6.ppc64.postinstall $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
+
+
+# Run general IBMhpc postinstall script
+$hpc/IBMhpc.rhel.postinstall $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
+
+
+# Run script to install gpfs updates
+installroot=$installroot NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/gpfs/gpfs_updates
+# Run script to update GPFS mmsdrfs file in the image
+installroot=$installroot   $hpc/gpfs/gpfs_mmsdrfs
+
+
+# Run script to accept compiler license
+installroot=$installroot NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/compilers/compilers_license
+
+
+# Run script to install PE and accept license
+installroot=$installroot pedir=$otherpkgs/pe NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/pe/pe_install
+
+
+# Run script to install ESSL and PESSL rpms
+installroot=$installroot essldir=$otherpkgs/essl NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/essl/essl_install
+
+
+# Run script to accept LoadLeveler license, install product rpms, 
+# and do some config
+installroot=$installroot loadldir=$otherpkgs/loadl NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/loadl/loadl_install
+
+# Run script to install RSCT rpms
+installroot=$installroot rsctdir=$otherpkgs/rsct NODESETSTATE=genimage   $hpc/rsct/rsct_install
+
+#clean up
+$hpc/min-IBMhpc.rhel6.cleanup $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
+