diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
index ab4a9b4ba..ca2273f37 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confignetwork
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ function get_nic_cfg_file_content {
 boot_install_nic=0
 str_ib_nics=''
 num_iba_ports=
-ignore_nicips=0
 for arg in "$@"
 do
     if [ "$arg" = "-s" ];then
@@ -89,10 +88,6 @@ do
     elif [ "${arg:0:10}" = "--ibaports" ];then
         num_iba_ports=${arg#--ibaports=}
     fi
-    # --allownoip means ignore if nicips are not configured or not
-    if [ "$arg" = "--allownoip" ]; then
-        ignore_nicips=1
-    fi
 done
 if [ "$SETINSTALLNIC" = "1" ] || [ "$SETINSTALLNIC" = "yes" ]; then
     bool_install_nic=1
@@ -341,8 +336,8 @@ function sort_nics_device_order {
                     echo $alonenic
                 fi
             else
-                if [ $ignore_nicips -eq 1 ] && [ -z "$alonenicips" ]; then
-                    echo "nic $alonenic found, but incomplete configuration in node definition."
+                if [ -n "$alonenictype" ] && [ $alonenictype = "unused" ]; then
+                    echo "nic $alonenic found, but nictypes.$alonenic=unused, ignore configuring $alonenic."
                 else
                     errorcode=1
                     echo "Error: nicips,nictypes and nicnetworks should be configured in nics table for $alonenic."
@@ -671,14 +666,14 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     errorcode=1
 fi
 
-#when --allownoip is used, print incomplete nics
-nonicips_list=`echo "$sorted_nicdevice_list" | grep "incomplete"`
+#when nictypes=unused, print unused nics
+nonicips_list=`echo "$sorted_nicdevice_list" | grep "unused"`
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "$nonicips_list"| log_lines info
 fi
 
 #delete invalid nics device pair based on Error
-valid_sorted_nicdevice_list=`echo "$sorted_nicdevice_list" | sed '/Error/d' | sed '/incomplete configuration/d'`
+valid_sorted_nicdevice_list=`echo "$sorted_nicdevice_list" | sed '/Error/d' | sed '/unused/d'`
 if [ -n "$valid_sorted_nicdevice_list" ]; then 
     log_info "All valid nics and device list:"
     echo "$valid_sorted_nicdevice_list" |log_lines info