diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index b54c5e23f..d39334f64 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 #enable debug
 #set -x
 
+if cat /etc/os-release |grep -i -e "^NAME=[ \"']*Cumulus Linux[ \"']*$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+   #TODO
+   echo "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."
+   logger -t xcat -p local4.info "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."   
+   exit 0
+fi
+
 # pmatch determines if 1st argument string is matched by 2nd argument pattern
 
 pmatch ()
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
index bf0be9dd0..c2023426a 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 #
 # if on the Management Node, exit
 
+if cat /etc/os-release |grep -i -e "^NAME=[ \"']*Cumulus Linux[ \"']*$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+   #TODO
+   echo "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."
+   logger -t xcat -p local4.info "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."
+   exit 0
+fi 
 
 if [ "$(uname -s|tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')" = "linux" ];then
    str_dir_name=`dirname $0`
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
index 488571e2a..0875a5388 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 #
 #####################################################
 
+if cat /etc/os-release |grep -i -e "^NAME=[ \"']*Cumulus Linux[ \"']*$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+   #TODO
+   echo "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."
+   logger -t xcat -p local4.info "Cumulus OS is not supported yet, nothing to do..."
+   exit 0
+fi
+
 # do nothing when UPDATENODE=1 because it is done from the top down
 if [ -n "$UPDATENODE" ] && [ $UPDATENODE -eq 1 ]; then
    #echo "  Did not sync any files. Use updatenode -F to sync the files."
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
index 4c4006ae7..d55364e00 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syslog
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ config_rsyslog_V8()
   conf_file="/etc/rsyslog.conf"
   remoteconf="/etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf"
 
+  #for Cumulus OS inside ONIE switches
+  cat /etc/os-release |grep -i -e "^NAME=[ \"']*Cumulus Linux[ \"']*$" >/dev/null 2>&1 && remoteconf="/etc/rsyslog.d/99-syslog.conf"
+
   # If this is a Management Node or Service Node, then it will be receiving syslog entries from the
   # compute nodes. Management Node is receiving from Service Nodes and possibly compute nodes.
   # They will all be put in /var/log/messages