diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
index e53e7aec7..60f8403ed 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
@@ -1564,6 +1564,11 @@ sub updatenoderunps
     if ($fc[0] && ($fc[0] =~ /1|Yes|yes|YES|Y|y/)) {
         $flowcontrol = 1;
     }
+    my $httpport="80";
+    my @hports=xCAT::TableUtils->get_site_attribute("httpport");
+    if ($hports[0]){
+        $httpport=$hports[0];
+    }
 
     # if running postscript report status here, if requested.
     if ((defined($request->{status})) && ($request->{status} eq "yes")) {
@@ -1625,10 +1630,10 @@ sub updatenoderunps
 
         if ($::SETSERVER) { # update the xcatinfo file on the node and run setuppostbootscripts
             $runpscmd =
-"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -M $snkey '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c";
+"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -M $snkey:$httpport '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c";
         } else {
             $runpscmd =
-"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -m $snkey '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c"
+"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost $mode -m $snkey:$httpport '$postscripts' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c"
         }
 
         # add flowcontrol flag
@@ -2084,6 +2089,12 @@ sub updatenodesoftware
         $flowcontrol = 1;
     }
 
+    my $httpport="80";
+    my @hports=xCAT::TableUtils->get_site_attribute("httpport");
+    if ($hports[0]){
+        $httpport=$hports[0];
+    }
+
     # this drives getdata to report status complete for software updatees
     $::TYPECALL = "S";
 
@@ -2117,7 +2128,7 @@ sub updatenodesoftware
             my $cmd;
             my $args1;
             $cmd =
-"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost 2 -m $snkey 'ospkgs,otherpkgs,syscloneimgupdate' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c";
+"$installdir/postscripts/xcatdsklspost 2 -m $snkey:$httpport 'ospkgs,otherpkgs,syscloneimgupdate' --tftp $tftpdir --installdir $installdir --nfsv4 $nfsv4 -c";
 
             # add flowcontrol flag
             if ($flowcontrol == 1) {
@@ -3301,6 +3312,12 @@ sub updateOS
     # Get install directory
     my $installDIR = xCAT::TableUtils->getInstallDir();
 
+    my $httpport="80";
+    my @hports=xCAT::TableUtils->get_site_attribute("httpport");
+    if ($hports[0]){
+        $httpport=$hports[0];
+    }
+
     # Get HTTP server
     my $http;
     my @httpd = xCAT::NetworkUtils->my_ip_facing($node);
@@ -3372,7 +3389,7 @@ sub updateOS
     {
 
         # SUSE repository path - http://10.1.100.1/install/sles10.3/s390x/1/
-        $path = "http://$http$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/";
+        $path = "http://$http:$httpport$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/";
         if (!(-e "$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/"))
         {
             push @{ $rsp->{data} },
@@ -3406,7 +3423,7 @@ sub updateOS
     {
 
         # SUSE repository path - http://10.1.100.1/install/sles10.3/s390x/1/
-        $path = "http://$http$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/";
+        $path = "http://$http$httpport$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/";
         if (!(-e "$installDIR/$os/$arch/1/"))
         {
             push @{ $rsp->{data} },
@@ -3438,7 +3455,7 @@ sub updateOS
         my $verifyOS = $os;
         $verifyOS =~ s/^\D+([\d.]+)$/$1/;
         if (xCAT::Utils->version_cmp($verifyOS, "7.0") < 0) {
-            $path = "http://$http$installDIR/$os/$arch/Server/";
+            $path = "http://$http:$httpport$installDIR/$os/$arch/Server/";
             if (!(-e "$installDIR/$os/$arch/Server/"))
             {
                 push @{ $rsp->{data} },
@@ -3449,7 +3466,7 @@ sub updateOS
         }
         else
         {
-            $path = "http://$http$installDIR/$os/$arch/";
+            $path = "http://$http:$httpport$installDIR/$os/$arch/";
             if (!(-e "$installDIR/$os/$arch/"))
             {
                 push @{ $rsp->{data} },
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
index fe4442c05..c6b3c7eec 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.xcat
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export XCATIPORT=#TABLE:site:key=xcatiport:value#
 export INSTALLDIR=#TABLE:site:key=installdir:value#
 export TFTPDIR=#TABLE:site:key=tftpdir:value#
 export XCATDEBUGMODE="#TABLEBLANKOKAY:site:key=xcatdebugmode:value#"
+export HTTPPORT="#TABLE:site:key=httpport:value#"
 
 #INCLUDE:#ENV:XCATROOT#/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib#
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ fi
 if [[ $TFTPDIR != /* ]]; then
     TFTPDIR="/"$TFTPDIR
 fi
+if [ -z "$HTTPPORT" ]; then
+    HTTPPORT="80"
+fi
 
 NODESTATUS=$(echo "$NODESTATUS"| tr -d \'\"| tr A-Z a-z)
 
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ if [ ! -x /usr/bin/wget ]; then
     sleep 36500d
 fi
 
-wget -l inf -N -r --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -e robots=off -nH --cut-dirs=2 --reject "index.html*" --no-parent -t 20 -T 60 http://$MASTER_IP$INSTALLDIR/postscripts/ -P /xcatpost 2> /tmp/wget.log
+wget -l inf -N -r --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -e robots=off -nH --cut-dirs=2 --reject "index.html*" --no-parent -t 20 -T 60 http://${MASTER_IP}:${HTTPPORT}${INSTALLDIR}/postscripts/ -P /xcatpost 2> /tmp/wget.log
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
     msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "error" "failed to download postscripts from http://$MASTER_IP$INSTALLDIR/postscripts/,check /tmp/wget.log on the node,  halt ..." "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log" "$log_label"
     /tmp/updateflag $MASTER $XCATIPORT "installstatus failed"
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ export NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
 
 msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "info" "trying to get mypostscript from $MASTER_IP..." "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log" "$log_label"
 
-wget -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused -t 20 -T 60 http://$MASTER_IP$TFTPDIR/mypostscripts/mypostscript.$NODE  -P /xcatpost 2> /tmp/wget.log
+wget -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused -t 20 -T 60 http://${MASTER_IP}:${HTTPPORT}${TFTPDIR}/mypostscripts/mypostscript.$NODE  -P /xcatpost 2> /tmp/wget.log
 if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
     if [ "$XCATDEBUGMODE" = "1" ] || [ "$XCATDEBUGMODE" = "2" ]; then
         msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "debug" "precreated mypostscript downloaded successfully" "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log" "$log_label"
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index 948f2de12..6fea01ef3 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -210,6 +210,30 @@ pmatch ()
 
   return 1          # non-zero return code means string not matched by pattern
 }
+
+#parse the http server "<ip/hostname>:<port>"
+#usgae: parsehttpserver(<http server string>,<what to return? 'server' or 'port'>)
+parsehttpserver ()
+{
+   rawserver=$1 
+   option=$2
+   server=$(echo "$rawserver"|cut -d: -f1 -s 2>/dev/null)
+   port="80"
+   if [ -z "$server"  ];then
+       server=$rawserver
+   else
+       port=$(echo "$rawserver"|cut -d: -f2 -s 2>/dev/null)
+   fi
+
+   if [ "$option" = "server" ];then
+       return $server
+   fi 
+
+   if [ "$option" = "port" ];then
+       return $port
+   fi
+}
+
 # Main
 # parse the arguments
 ARGNUM=$#;
@@ -226,10 +250,14 @@ else
       MODE=$1
       if [ $ARGNUM -gt 1 ]; then
         if [ $2 = "-m" ]; then
-          P_SIP=$3
+          P_SVR=$3
+          P_SIP=parsehttpserver "$P_SVR" 'server'
+          HTTPPORT=parsehttpserver "$P_SVR" 'port' 
         else
           if [ $2 = "-M" ]; then
-            P_SIP=$3
+            P_SVR=$3
+            P_SIP=parsehttpserver "$P_SVR" 'server'
+            HTTPPORT=parsehttpserver "$P_SVR" 'port' 
             new_ms=$P_SIP    # -M means we will update xcatinfo file XCATSERVER
           fi
         fi
@@ -395,7 +423,7 @@ else # for common mode  MODE=1,2,3,5 (updatenode,moncfg,node deployment)
     # also update the XCATSERVER in the /etc/xcat/xcatinfo file with this
     # address
     if [ -n "$P_SIP" ]; then   # passed in with updatenode on -M/-m
-        SIP=$P_SIP
+        SIP="${P_SIP}:${HTTPPORT}"
         download_postscripts $SIP
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
             downloaded=1
@@ -420,8 +448,10 @@ else # for common mode  MODE=1,2,3,5 (updatenode,moncfg,node deployment)
         # if not updatenode, then look in xcatinfo for the xcatmaster
         if [ -f /opt/xcat/xcatinfo ]; then
             SIP=`grep 'XCATSERVER' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo |cut -d= -f2`
+            HTTPPORT=`grep 'HTTPPORT' /opt/xcat/xcatinfo |cut -d= -f2`
+            [ -z "$HTTPPORT" ] && HTTPPORT="80" 
             if [ -n "$SIP" ]; then
-                download_postscripts $SIP
+                download_postscripts ${SIP}:${HTTPPORT}
                 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                   downloaded=1
                 fi
@@ -438,15 +468,20 @@ else # for common mode  MODE=1,2,3,5 (updatenode,moncfg,node deployment)
              if [ "$KEY" =  "XCAT" ]; then
                  TMP=`echo $i | awk -F= '{print $2}'`
                  SIP=`echo $TMP | cut -d: -f1`
-                 if [ -n "$SIP" ]; then
-                     download_postscripts $SIP
-                     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                         downloaded=1
-                         break
-                     fi
-                 fi
-            fi
-          done
+
+             elif [ "$KEY" = "HTTPPORT" ];then
+                 HTTPPORT=$(echo $i | awk -F= '{print $1}')   
+                 [ -z "$HTTPPORT" ] && HTTPPORT="80"
+             fi
+         done
+
+         if [ -n "$SIP" ]; then
+             download_postscripts "${SIP}:${HTTPPORT}"
+             if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                 downloaded=1
+                 break
+             fi
+         fi
     fi
 
     # download poscripts has not worked yet
@@ -549,11 +584,11 @@ echolog "info" "trying to get mypostscript from $SIP..."
 max_retries=2
 # try short hostname first
 if [ -n "$node_short" ]; then
-    download_mypostscript $SIP $node_short $max_retries $TFTPDIR
+    download_mypostscript "${SIP}:${HTTPPORT}" $node_short $max_retries $TFTPDIR
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         # try long hostname
         if [ "$node" != "$node_short" ]; then
-          download_mypostscript $SIP $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR
+          download_mypostscript "${SIP}:${HTTPPORT}" $node $postfix $max_retries $TFTPDIR
         fi
     fi
 fi