diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
index 377c049b7..9951b02f0 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sub handled_commands {
     rspreset => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
     rvitals => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
     rinv => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
+    rflash => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
     rsetboot => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
     rbeacon => 'nodehm:mgt', #done
     reventlog => 'nodehm:mgt',
@@ -466,12 +467,16 @@ sub on_bmc_connect {
     }
     #ok, detect some common prereqs here, notably:
     #getdevid
-    if ($command eq "getrvidparms") {
+    if ($command eq "getrvidparms" or $command eq "rflash") {
         unless (defined $sessdata->{device_id}) {
             $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>6,command=>1,data=>[],callback=>\&gotdevid,callback_args=>$sessdata);
 	    return;
         }
-        getrvidparms($sessdata);
+        if ($command eq "getrvidparms") {
+            getrvidparms($sessdata);
+        } else {
+            rflash($sessdata);
+        }
     }
     #initsdr
     if ($command eq "rinv" or $command eq "reventlog" or $command eq "rvitals") {
@@ -1209,6 +1214,121 @@ sub ripmi_callback {
 	xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg($output,$callback,$sessdata->{node},%allerrornodes);
 }
 	
+sub isfpc {
+    my $sessdata = shift;
+    return 1
+}
+sub rflash {
+    my $sessdata = shift;
+    if (isfpc($sessdata)) {
+        #first, start a fpc firmware transaction
+        $sessdata->{firmpath} = $sessdata->{subcommand};
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = "init";
+        $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x17,
+                                            data=>[0,0,1,0,0,0,0],
+                                            callback=>\&fpc_firmup_config,
+                                            callback_args=>$sessdata);
+    } else {
+        die "Unimplemented";
+    }
+}
+
+sub fpc_firmup_config {
+    if (check_rsp_errors(@_)) {
+        abort_fpc_update($_[1]);
+        return;
+    }
+    my $rsp = shift;
+    my $sessdata = shift;
+    unless ($sessdata->{firmupxid}) {
+        $sessdata->{firmupxid} = $rsp->{data}->[0];
+    }
+    my $data;
+    if ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'init') {
+        $data =[0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+                length($sessdata->{firmpath}),
+                unpack("C*",$sessdata->{firmpath})];
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = 'p1';
+    } elsif ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'p1') {
+        $data = [0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}, 3, 0, 5];
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = 'p2';
+    } elsif ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'p2') {
+        $data = [0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}, 4, 0, 0xa];
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = 'p3';
+    } elsif ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'p3') {
+        $data = [0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}, 5, 0, 3];
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = 'p4';
+    } elsif ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'p4') {
+        $data = [0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}, 6, 0, 1];
+        $sessdata->{firmctx} = 'xfer';
+		xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("Transferring firmware",$callback,$sessdata->{node},%allerrornodes);
+        $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x19,
+                        data=>[0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}],
+                        callback=>\&fpc_firmxfer_watch,
+                        callback_args=>$sessdata);
+        return;
+
+    }
+    $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x18,
+                                data=>$data,
+                                callback=>\&fpc_firmup_config,
+                                callback_args=>$sessdata);
+}
+sub abort_fpc_update {
+    my $sessdata = shift;
+    $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x15, data=>[], callback=>\&fpc_update_aborted, callback_args=>$sessdata);
+}
+
+sub fpc_update_aborted {
+    check_rsp_errors(@_);
+    return;
+}
+
+sub fpc_firmxfer_watch {
+    if ($_[0]->{code} == 0x89) {
+	    xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg([1,"Transfer failed (wrong url?)"],$callback,$_[1]->{node},%allerrornodes);
+        abort_fpc_update($_[1]);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (check_rsp_errors(@_)) {
+        abort_fpc_update($_[1]);
+        return;
+    }
+    my $rsp = shift;
+    my $sessdata = shift;
+    my $delay=1;
+    my $watch=2;
+    if ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'apply') { $delay = 15; $watch = 1;}
+    if (check_rsp_errors(@_)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    my $percent = 0;
+    if ($rsp->{data} and (length(@{$rsp->{data}}) > 0)) {
+        $percent = $rsp->{data}->[0];
+    }
+    #$callback->({sinfo=>"$percent%"});
+    if ($percent == 100) {
+        if ($sessdata->{firmctx} eq 'xfer') {
+		    xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("Applying firmware",$callback,$sessdata->{node},%allerrornodes);
+            $sessdata->{firmctx} = "apply";
+            $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x20,
+                                data=>[0, $sessdata->{firmupxid}],
+                                callback=>\&fpc_firmxfer_watch,
+                                callback_args=>$sessdata);
+            return;
+        } else {
+		    xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("Resetting FPC",$callback,$sessdata->{node},%allerrornodes);
+            resetbmc($sessdata);
+        }
+    } else {
+        $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn=>0x8, command=>0x12,
+                                data=>[$watch],
+                                delayxmit=>$delay,
+                                callback=>\&fpc_firmxfer_watch,
+                                callback_args=>$sessdata);
+    }
+}
+
 sub reseat_node {
     my $sessdata = shift;
     if (1) { # TODO: FPC path checked for
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
index ab82f6b20..b17a92779 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
@@ -106,16 +106,10 @@ function configipv4(){
         if [ $num_v4num -eq 0 ];then
             echo "DEVICE=${str_if_name}" > $str_conf_file
             echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "BROADCAST=" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "IPADDR=${str_v4ip}" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "MTU=" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "NAME=" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NETMASK=${str_v4mask}" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NETWORK=${str_v4net}" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "REMOTE_IPADDR=" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "STARTMODE=onboot" >> $str_conf_file
-            echo "UNIQUE=" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "USERCONTROL=no" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "_nm_name=static-0" >> $str_conf_file
         else
@@ -148,7 +142,7 @@ function configipv4(){
             echo "DEVICE=${str_if_name}:${num_v4num}" > $str_conf_file
         fi
 
-        echo "BOOTPROTO=none" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
         echo "NM_CONTROLLED=no" >> $str_conf_file
         echo "IPADDR=${str_v4ip}" >> $str_conf_file
         echo "NETMASK=${str_v4mask}" >> $str_conf_file
@@ -211,7 +205,7 @@ configipv6(){
         str_conf_file="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${str_if_name}"
         if [ $num_v4num -eq 0 -a $num_v6num -eq 0 ];then
             echo "DEVICE=$str_if_name" > $str_conf_file
-            echo "BOOTPROTO=none" >> $str_conf_file
+            echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NM_CONTROLLED=no" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "ONBOOT=yes" >> $str_conf_file
         fi
@@ -378,6 +372,102 @@ if [ "$1" = "-r" ];then
         delete_nic_config_files $str_nic_name
     fi
     exit 0
+elif [ "$1" = "-s" ];then
+    if [ $# -lt 2 ];then
+        logger -t xcat -p local4.err "configeth: config install nic, but the nic name is missed"
+        echo "configeth on $NODE: config install nic, but the nic name is missed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    str_inst_nic=$2
+    str_inst_ip=''
+    str_inst_mask=''
+    str_inst_gateway=''
+    if [ "$str_os_type" = "aix" ];then
+        logger -t xcat -p local4.err "configeth: aix does not support -s flag"
+        echo "configeth on $NODE: aix does not support -s flag"
+        exit 0
+    elif [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ];then
+        str_lease_file="/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient."$str_inst_nic".leases"
+        if [ -e $str_lease_file ];then
+            str_inst_ip=`grep fixed-address $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+            str_inst_mask=`grep subnet-mask $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+            str_inst_gateway=`grep routers $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+        fi
+    elif [ -f "/etc/SuSE-release" ];then
+       str_lease_file="/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-"$str_inst_nic".info"
+       if [ -e $str_lease_file ];then
+           str_inst_ip=`grep IPADDR $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | sed "s/'//g"`
+           str_inst_mask=`grep NETMASK $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | sed "s/'//g"`
+           str_inst_gateway=`grep GATEWAYS $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | sed "s/'//g"`
+       fi
+    else
+        str_lease_file=`ls /var/lib/dhclient/*$str_inst_nic*`
+        if [ -e $str_lease_file ];then
+            str_inst_ip=`grep fixed-address $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+            str_inst_mask=`grep subnet-mask $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+            str_inst_gateway=`grep routers $str_lease_file | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/;$//'`
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "$str_inst_ip" -o -z "$str_inst_mask" ];then
+        logger -t xcat -p local4.err "configeth: config install nic, can not find the information from lease file, return."
+        echo "configeth on $NODE: config install nic, can not find information from dhcp lease file, return."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ];then
+        str_conf_file="/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-${str_inst_nic}"
+        echo "auto ${str_inst_nic}" > $str_conf_file
+        echo "iface ${str_inst_nic} inet static" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "  address ${str_inst_ip}" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "  netmask ${str_inst_mask}" >> $str_conf_file
+        if [ -n "$str_inst_gateway" ];then
+            echo "  gateway $str_inst_gateway" >> $str_conf_file
+        fi
+        hostname $NODE
+        echo $NODE > /etc/hostname
+    elif [ -f "/etc/SuSE-release" ];then
+        str_conf_file="/etc/network/interfaces.d/${str_inst_nic}"
+        echo "DEVICE=${str_inst_nic}" > $str_conf_file
+        echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "IPADDR=${str_inst_ip}" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "NETMASK=${str_inst_mask}" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "STARTMODE=onboot" >> $str_conf_file
+        if [ -n "$str_inst_gateway" ];then
+            grep -i "default" /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
+            if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
+                sed -i "s/.*default.*/default ${str_inst_gateway} - -/i" /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
+            else
+                echo "default ${str_inst_gateway} - -" >> /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        hostname $NODE
+        echo $NODE > /etc/HOSTNAME
+    else
+        str_conf_file="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${str_inst_nic}"
+        echo "DEVICE=${str_inst_nic}" > $str_conf_file
+        echo "IPADDR=${str_inst_ip}" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "NETMASK=${str_inst_mask}" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
+        echo "ONBOOT=yes" >> $str_conf_file
+        if [ -n "$str_inst_gateway" ];then
+            grep -i "GATEWAY" /etc/sysconfig/network
+            if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
+                sed -i "s/.*GATEWAY.*/GATEWAY=${str_inst_gateway}/i" /etc/sysconfig/network
+            else
+                echo "GATEWAY=${str_inst_gateway}" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
+            fi
+        fi
+        hostname $NODE
+        grep -i "HOSTNAME" /etc/sysconfig/network
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
+            sed -i "s/.*HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME=${NODE}/i" /etc/sysconfig/network
+        else
+            echo "HOSTNAME=${NODE}" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
+        fi
+    fi
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 #main prcess
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confignics b/xCAT/postscripts/confignics
index 01038847e..9c7454e0d 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confignics
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confignics
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ elif [ `echo $str_temp | grep -E "e(n|th)[0-9]+"` ];then
     str_inst_nic=$str_temp
 fi
 
+if [ $bool_cfg_inst_nic -eq 1 ];then
+    configeth -s $str_inst_nic 
+fi
 
 bool_exit_flag=0
 #check the required attributes
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ if [ $bool_remove -eq 1 ];then
             continue
         fi
         
-        if [ "$str_temp_nic" = "$str_inst_nic" -a $bool_cfg_inst_nic -eq 0 ];then
+        if [ "$str_temp_nic" = "$str_inst_nic" ];then
             continue
         fi
         
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ do
     key=`echo $key | sed 's/^ \+//' | sed 's/ \+$//'`
     str_nic_type=
     str_value=$(hashget hash_defined_nics $key)
-    if [ "$key" = "$str_inst_nic" -a $bool_cfg_inst_nic -eq 0 ];then
+    if [ "$key" = "$str_inst_nic" ];then
         continue
     fi
     old_ifs=$IFS