diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Table.pm
index e9c94119d..2a9c9cfea 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ sub new
     $self->{dbpass}="";
 
     my $xcatcfg = (defined $ENV{'XCATCFG'} ? $ENV{'XCATCFG'} : '');
+    unless ($xcatcfg) {
+        if (-r "/etc/xcat/cfgloc") {
+           my $cfgl;
+           open($cfgl,"<","/etc/xcat/cfgloc");
+           $xcatcfg = <$cfgl>;
+           close($cfgl);
+           chomp($xcatcfg);
+           $ENV{'XCATCFG'}=$xcatcfg; #Store it in env to avoid many file reads
+        }
+    }
     if ($xcatcfg =~ /^$/)
     {
         if (-d "/opt/xcat/cfg")
diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 474ba5976..d8793b289 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ sub xfork
     return $rc;
 }
 
+sub close_all_dbhs {
+  foreach (values %{$::XCAT_DBHS})
+  {    #@{$drh->{ChildHandles}}) {
+     $_->disconnect;
+     undef $_;
+  }
+}
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head3    isLinux
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/blade b/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/blade
index dfb7cbbaa..ca9b330d9 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/blade
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/blade
@@ -5,20 +5,9 @@ BEGIN
     $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
 }
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
-my $xcatcfg;
-open($xcatcfg,"<","/etc/sysconfig/xcat");
-while (<$xcatcfg>) {
-   if (/^\s*XCATCFG/) {
-      (my $jnk,$ENV{XCATCFG})=split /=/,$_,2;
-      chomp($ENV{XCATCFG});
-      $ENV{XCATCFG} =~ s/^'//;
-      $ENV{XCATCFG} =~ s/'$//;
-      last;
-   }
-}
-close($xcatcfg);
 
 use xCAT::Table;
+use xCAT::Utils;
 use File::Basename;
 my $scriptname = $0;
 
@@ -55,7 +44,8 @@ if ($mpatab) {
     if ($dba->{password}) { $password = $dba->{password}; }
   }
 }
-sleep 5;
+xCAT::Utils::close_all_dbhs;
+sleep 5; #Slow start, I know, but with exec, can't return
 exec "ssh -t $username"."@"."$mm console -o -T blade[$slot]";
 #my $pathtochild= dirname($scriptname). "/";
 #exec $pathtochild."blade.expect $mm $slot $username $password";
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/ipmi b/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/ipmi
index 84e2181ec..649a0e340 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/ipmi
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/share/xcat/cons/ipmi
@@ -5,20 +5,9 @@ BEGIN
     $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
 }
 $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
-my $xcatcfg;
-open($xcatcfg,"<","/etc/sysconfig/xcat");
-while (<$xcatcfg>) {
-   if (/^\s*XCATCFG/) {
-      (my $jnk,$ENV{XCATCFG})=split /=/,$_,2;
-      chomp($ENV{XCATCFG});
-      $ENV{XCATCFG} =~ s/^'//;
-      $ENV{XCATCFG} =~ s/'$//;
-      last;
-   }
-}
-close($xcatcfg);
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use xCAT::Table;
+use xCAT::Util;
 my $dba;
 my $ipmitab = xCAT::Table->new('ipmi');
 unless ($ipmitab) { sleep 5; die "Unable to open IPMI table"; }
@@ -41,6 +30,7 @@ if ($dba) {
   if ($dba->{username}) { $username = $dba->{username}; }
   if ($dba->{password}) { $password = $dba->{password}; }
 }
+xCAT::Util::close_all_dbhs;
 system "ipmitool -I lanplus -U $username -P $password -H $bmc sol deactivate"; #Stop any active session
 exec "ipmitool -I lanplus -U $username -P $password -H $bmc sol activate";