diff --git a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/exceptions.py b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/exceptions.py
index 6f5dad33c..88e80e59a 100644
--- a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/exceptions.py
+++ b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/exceptions.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 class SelfServerException(Exception) :
-    def __init__(self, message, code=0, detail_msg= "", host_and_port="") :
+    def __init__(self, message, detail_msg= "", host_and_port="") :
         super(Exception, self).__init__(message)
-        self.code = code
         self.host_and_port = host_and_port
         self.detail_msg = detail_msg
 
diff --git a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/rest.py b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/rest.py
index bc52f325b..88c836998 100644
--- a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/rest.py
+++ b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/common/rest.py
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ class RestSession(object):
                 causing_error = "timeout"
                 host_and_port = self.extract_server_and_port(e.message[0], "STRING")
 
-            message = 'Error: Failed to connect to server.'
+            message = 'Failed to connect to server.'
             # message = '\n\n--> {0} \n\n'.format(e.message[0])
-            raise xcat_exception.SelfServerException(message, "500", '({0})'.format(causing_error), host_and_port)
+            raise xcat_exception.SelfServerException(message, '({0})'.format(causing_error), host_and_port)
 
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout as e:
             causing_error = "timeout"
             host_and_port = self.extract_server_and_port(e.message[0], "STRING")
 
-            message = 'Error: Timeout to connect to server'
-            raise xcat_exception.SelfServerException(message, "500", '({0})'.format(causing_error), host_and_port)
+            message = 'Timeout to connect to server'
+            raise xcat_exception.SelfServerException(message, '({0})'.format(causing_error), host_and_port)
 
         if not self.cookies:
             self.cookies = requests.utils.dict_from_cookiejar(self.session.cookies)
diff --git a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/executor/openbmc_power.py b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/executor/openbmc_power.py
index 4bab39788..567d6b825 100644
--- a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/executor/openbmc_power.py
+++ b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/executor/openbmc_power.py
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ class OpenBMCPowerTask(ParallelNodesCommand):
         bmc_not_ready = bmc_state = 'NotReady'
         try:
             obmc.login()
+        except SelfServerException as e:
+            # Special exception handling for login failure
+            login_message = "Login to BMC failed: Can't connect to {0} {1}.".format(e.host_and_port, e.detail_msg)
+            self.callback.error(login_message, node)
+            return bmc_state
+
+        try:
             state = obmc.get_bmc_state()
             bmc_state = state.get('bmc')
 
@@ -83,8 +90,7 @@ class OpenBMCPowerTask(ParallelNodesCommand):
 
         except SelfServerException, SelfClientException:
             # There is no response when BMC is not ready
-            # Do not print bmc_state, instead, error messages from login failure will be displayed
-            return bmc_state
+            result = '%s: %s'  % (node, openbmc.RPOWER_STATES[bmc_not_ready])
 
         self.callback.info(result)
         return bmc_state
diff --git a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/openbmc_client.py b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/openbmc_client.py
index d73e17b05..29169ff8a 100644
--- a/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/openbmc_client.py
+++ b/xCAT-openbmc-py/lib/python/agent/hwctl/openbmc_client.py
@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ class OpenBMCRest(object):
             self.messager.info(localtime + ' ' + log)
             logger.debug(log)
 
-    def _print_record (self, msg, cmd, type="I"):
-
-        log = self.name + ': ' + msg
-        logger.debug(log)
-        if type == "E":
-            self.messager.error(log)
-        else:
-            self.messager.info(log)
-
     def _log_request (self, method, url, headers, data=None, files=None, file_path=None, cmd=''):
 
         header_str = ' '.join([ "%s: %s" % (k, v) for k,v in headers.items() ])
@@ -285,7 +276,7 @@ class OpenBMCRest(object):
         if code != requests.codes.ok:
             description = ''.join(data['data']['description'])
             error = 'Error: [%d] %s' % (code, description)
-            self._print_record(error, cmd, "E")
+            self._print_record_log(error, cmd)
             raise SelfClientException(error, code)
 
         self._print_record_log(data['message'], cmd)
@@ -307,13 +298,9 @@ class OpenBMCRest(object):
             response = self.session.request(method, url, httpheaders, data=data)
             return self.handle_response(response, cmd=cmd)
         except SelfServerException as e:
-            message = 'Error: BMC did not respond. ' \
-                      'Validate BMC configuration and retry the command.'
-            if cmd == 'login':
-                login_message = "Error: [{0}] Login to BMC failed: {1} Can't connect to {2} {3}.".format(e.code, e.code, e.host_and_port, e.detail_msg)
-                self._print_record(login_message, cmd, "I")
-
-            self._print_record(message, cmd, "E")
+            e.message = 'Error: BMC did not respond. ' \
+                        'Validate BMC configuration and retry the command.'
+            self._print_record_log(e.message, cmd)
             raise
         except ValueError:
             error = 'Error: Received wrong format response: %s' % response