diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
index 773bd441b..9ae78cb1e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
@@ -144,12 +144,16 @@ sub connect {
     ##################################
     # Set options
     ##################################
-    my $hosttab  = xCAT::Table->new( 'hosts' );
-    if ( $hosttab) {
-        my $hostshash = $hosttab->getNodeAttribs( $server, [qw(ip otherinterfaces)]);
-        if ( $hostshash ) {
-            $server = $hostshash->{ip};
-        }
+    #my $hosttab  = xCAT::Table->new( 'hosts' );
+    #if ( $hosttab) {
+    #    my $hostshash = $hosttab->getNodeAttribs( $server, [qw(ip otherinterfaces)]);
+    #    if ( $hostshash ) {
+    #        $server = $hostshash->{ip};
+    #    }
+    #}
+    $server = xCAT::NetworkUtils::getNodeIPaddress( $server );
+    unless ($server) {
+             return( "Unable to get IP address for $server" );
     }
 #    my $serverip = inet_ntoa(inet_aton($server));
     my $url = "https://$server/cgi-bin/cgi?form=2";
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index 865f313fe..4b382f197 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -2197,9 +2197,10 @@ sub process_request {
     #if( $request->{hwtype} ne 'hmc' ) {
     if( $request->{hwtype} !~ /hmc|ivm/ ) {
         $request->{fsp_api} = 1;
-        #For using rspconfig to disable/enable dev/celogin1 through ASMI
-        my $arg = $request->{arg};
-        if($request->{command} eq "rspconfig" and grep(/^(dev|celogin1)/, @$arg)) {
+        #For using rspconfig options through ASMI
+        #my $arg = $request->{arg};
+        #if($request->{command} eq "rspconfig" and grep(/^(dev|celogin1)/, @$arg)) {
+        if($request->{command} eq "rspconfig" and ref($request->{method}) eq 'HASH') {
            $request->{fsp_api} = 0;
         }
     } else {