diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkvlan.1.pod
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+=head1 Name
+
+B<mkvlan> - Create vlan on switches
+
+=head1 B<Synopsis>
+
+B<mkvlan> [B<-h>|B<--help>|B<?>|B<-v>|B<--version>]
+
+B<mkvlan> {Ivlanid} -n I<noderange> {B-i <interface>|B-m <netmask> |B-t <subnet>}
+
+=head1 B<Description>
+
+B<mkvlan> creates tagged vlan on the switches corresponding to the attributes defined in the B<switch> table
+
+=head1 B<Options>
+
+=over 7
+
+=item B<vlanid>
+
+The vlan to tag on the switch.
+
+=item B<interface>
+
+List all buses for each I/O slot.
+
+=item B<netmask>
+
+Retrieves number of processors, speed, total  memory,  and  DIMM
+locations.
+
+=item B<subnet>
+
+Retrieves model number.
+
+=item B<-h>|B<--help>|B<?>
+
+Print help.
+
+=item B<-v>|B<--version>
+
+Print version.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head1 B<Examples>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+To make a private vlan for stand-alone nodes for the management network, enter:
+
+ mkvlan -n node1,node2,node3
+
+=item *
+
+You can specify vlan id, subnet and netmask etc, enter:
+
+ mkvlan 3 -n node1,node2,node3 -t 10.3.2.0 -m 255.255.255.0
+
+=item *
+
+To create a tagged vlan on an interface, enter:
+
+ mkvlan -n node1,node2,node3 -i eth1
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<lsvlan(1)|lsvlan.1>
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/vlan.pm
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# OCF(c) 2014 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+package xCAT_plugin::vlan;
+BEGIN
+{
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+use strict;
+use warnings "all";
+use xCAT::GlobalDef;
+use xCAT::SPD qw/decode_spd/;
+
+use xCAT::Utils;
+use xCAT::TableUtils;
+use xCAT::SvrUtils;
+use xCAT::Usage;
+
+sub handled_commands {
+  return {
+    mkvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
+    chvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
+    lsvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
+    rmvlan => 'switch:vlan,port,switch', #done
+  }
+}
+
+    
+use POSIX "WNOHANG";
+use IO::Handle;
+use IO::Socket;
+use IO::Select;
+use Class::Struct;
+use Digest::MD5 qw(md5);
+use POSIX qw(WNOHANG mkfifo strftime);
+use Fcntl qw(:flock);
+
+
+#local to module
+my $callback;
+my $timeout;
+my $port;
+my $debug;
+my $ndebug = 0;
+my $sock;
+my $noclose;
+my %sessiondata; #hold per session variables, in preparation for single-process strategy
+my %pendingtransactions; #list of peers with callbacks, callback arguments, and timer expiry data
+my $enable_cache="yes";
+my $cache_dir = "/var/cache/xcat";
+
+sub process_request
+{
+    my $req      = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $reqcmd   = shift;
+    my $nodes    = $req->{node};
+    my $command  = $req->{command}->[0];
+    my $args     = $req->{arg};
+    my @nodes    = $req
+
+    if ($command eq 'mkvlan')
+    {
+        return mkvlan($req, $callback, $reqcmd);
+    }
+    elsif ($command eq 'chvlan')
+    {
+        return chvlan($req, $callback, $reqcmd);
+    }
+    elsif ($command eq 'lsvlan')
+    {
+        return lsvlan($req, $callback, $reqcmd);
+    }
+    elsif ($command eq 'rmvlan')
+    {
+        return rmvlan($req, $callback, $reqcmd);
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub mkvlan
+{
+    my $request  = shift;
+    my $callback = shift;
+    my $reqcmd   = shift;
+
+    my $nodes = @{$req->{node}};
+    my @args  = @{$req->{arg}} if(exists($req->{arg}));
+    my @nodes = @{$req->{node}};
+
+    @ARGV = @{$req->{arg}};
+    GetOptions(
+               't=s' => \$subnet,
+               'm=s' => \$mask,
+               'v=s' => \$vlan,
+               'i=s' => \$interface,
+               );
+
+}
+
+1;