diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
index e11961596..82cc1053e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
@@ -5930,6 +5930,16 @@ sub preprocess_request {
 	$chunksize=$::XCATSITEVALS{syspowermaxnodes};
         $delayincrement=$::XCATSITEVALS{syspowerinterval};
       }
+  } elsif ($command eq "renergy") {
+      # filter out the nodes which should be handled by ipmi.pm
+      my (@bmcnodes, @nohandle);
+      xCAT::Utils->filter_nodes($request, undef, undef, \@bmcnodes, \@nohandle);
+      $realnoderange = \@bmcnodes;
+  } elsif ($command eq "rspconfig") {
+      # filter out the nodes which should be handled by ipmi.pm
+      my (@bmcnodes, @nohandle);
+      xCAT::Utils->filter_nodes($request, undef, undef, \@bmcnodes, \@nohandle);
+      $realnoderange = \@bmcnodes;
   }
 
   if (!$realnoderange) {