diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
index 4ba2c2e82..fc4fb6678 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-## IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#-------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head1
+  xCAT plugin package to handle openbmc 
+
+   Supported command:
+       getopenbmccons
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------
 package xCAT_plugin::openbmc;
 
 BEGIN
 {
-    $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+    $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : -d '/opt/xcat' ? '/opt/xcat' : '/usr';
 }
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use strict;
@@ -24,6 +34,10 @@ use JSON;
 
 $::OPENBMC_DEVEL = $ENV{'OPENBMC_DEVEL'};
 
+my $VERBOSE = 0;
+my %allerrornodes = ();
+my $callback;
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head3  handled_commands
@@ -37,6 +51,7 @@ sub handled_commands {
     return {
         rpower => 'nodehm:mgt',
         rinv   => 'nodehm:mgt',
+        getopenbmccons => 'nodehm:cons',
     };
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +248,33 @@ sub process_request {
         }
     } 
 
+
+    #Assume the openbmc user/password is defined in the passwd
+    my $passtab = xCAT::Table->new('passwd');
+    if ($passtab) {
+       ($dba) = $passtab->getAttribs({key=>'openbmc'},qw(username password));
+        if ($dba) {
+            if ($dba->{username}) { $username = $dba->{username}; }
+            if ($dba->{password}) { $password = $dba->{password}; }
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    foreach (@$noderange) {
+        my $node     = $_;
+        my $nodeip = $node;
+        push @donargs, [ $node,$nodeip,$username, $password];
+        my $output = "openbmc, get $username and $password from passwd table for $nodeip";
+        xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg($output, $callback, $node, %allerrornodes);
+    }
+
+
+    if ($request->{command}->[0] eq "getopenbmccons") {
+        foreach (@donargs) {
+            getopenbmccons($_, $callback);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
     return;
 }
 
@@ -625,4 +667,23 @@ sub rinv_response {
 }
 
 
+sub getopenbmccons {
+    my $argr = shift;
+
+    #$argr is [$node,$nodeuser,$nodepass];
+    my $callback = shift;
+
+    my $rsp;
+    my $node=$argr->[0];
+    my $output = "openbmc, getopenbmccoms";
+    xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg($output, $callback, $argr->[0], %allerrornodes);
+
+    $rsp = { node => [ { name => [ $argr->[0] ] } ] };
+    $rsp->{node}->[0]->{nodeip}->[0]    = $argr->[1];
+    $rsp->{node}->[0]->{username}->[0]    = $argr->[2];
+    $rsp->{node}->[0]->{passwd}->[0]  = $argr->[3];
+    $callback->($rsp);
+    return $rsp;
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a83038a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
+use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);
+use File::Path;
+BEGIN {
+    $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : -d '/opt/xcat' ? '/opt/xcat' : '/usr';
+}
+my $sleepint = int(rand(10)); #Stagger start to avoid overwhelming conserver/xCATd
+my ($lockfd, $nodeip);
+my $username = 'UESRID';
+my $password = 'PASSWD';
+my $node     = $ARGV[0];
+
+use constant CONSOLE_LOCK_FILE => "/tmp/xcat/consolelock";
+use constant CONSOLE_LOCK_DIR => "/tmp/xcat";
+
+sub acquire_lock {
+    umask 0077;
+    mkpath(CONSOLE_LOCK_DIR);
+    print "Acquiring startup lock...";
+    unless (sysopen($lockfd, CONSOLE_LOCK_FILE, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT)) {
+        print "Unable to open file ".CONSOLE_LOCK_FILE."\n";
+        sleep(15);
+        exit 1;
+    }
+    unless (flock($lockfd, LOCK_EX)) {
+        print "Unable to lock file ".CONSOLE_LOCK_FILE."\n";
+        close($lockfd);
+        sleep(15);
+        exit 1;
+    }
+    print "done\n";
+    unless (syswrite($lockfd, $$, length($$))) {
+        print "Unable to write file ".CONSOLE_LOCK_FILE."\n";
+        close($lockfd);
+        sleep(15);
+        exit 1;
+    }
+}
+
+sub release_lock {
+    flock($lockfd, LOCK_UN);
+    close($lockfd);
+}
+
+
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+require xCAT::Client;
+
+sub getans {
+    my $rsp = shift;
+    if ($rsp->{node}) {
+        $nodeip = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{nodeip}->[0];
+        $username = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{username}->[0];
+        $password = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{passwd}->[0];
+        if (exists $rsp->{node}->[0]->{error}) {
+            my $error = $rsp->{node}->[0]->{error}->[0];
+            print "$error\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
+my $cmdref = {
+    command   => ["getopenbmccons"],
+    arg       => ["text"],
+    noderange => [ $ARGV[0] ]
+};
+acquire_lock();
+# avoid of congestion
+sleep(0.1);
+release_lock();
+xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref, \&getans);
+
+until (($username or $password) and $nodeip ) {
+    #Let other clients have a go
+    $sleepint = 10 + int(rand(20));
+    print "Console not ready, retrying in $sleepint seconds (Ctrl-e,c,o to skip delay) \n";
+    sleep ($sleepint);
+    acquire_lock();
+    sleep(0.1);
+    release_lock();
+    xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref, \&getans);
+}
+
+my $isintel = 0;
+my $sleepint;
+my $rc;
+ 
+my $sshport = 2200;
+if ($ENV{SSHCONSOLEPORT}) {
+    $sshport= $ENV{SSHCONSOLEPORT};
+}
+
+#sshpass command needs to install before can run that
+if (-x '/usr/bin/sshpass') {
+    exec "/usr/bin/sshpass -p $password ssh -p $sshport -l $username $nodeip";
+} else {
+    print "Please install sshpass first. \n";
+}
+