diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/rvitals.1.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/rvitals.1.rst
index e6929cdfc..c6a84c704 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/rvitals.1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/rvitals.1.rst
@@ -56,20 +56,27 @@ BMC specific:
 \ **rvitals**\  \ *noderange*\  {\ **temp | voltage | wattage | fanspeed | power | leds | all**\ }
 
 
-OpenPOWER server specific:
+OpenPOWER (IPMI) specific:
 ==========================
 
 
 \ **rvitals**\  \ *noderange*\  [\ **temp | voltage | wattage | fanspeed | power | leds | all**\ ]
 
 
+OpenPOWER (OpenBMC) specific:
+=============================
+
+
+\ **rvitals**\  \ *noderange*\  [\ **temp | voltage | wattage | fanspeed | power | altitude | all**\ ]
+
+
 
 *******************
 \ **Description**\ 
 *******************
 
 
-\ **rvitals**\   retrieves hardware vital information from the on-board Service
+\ **rvitals**\   Retrieves hardware vital information from the on-board Service
 Processor for a single or range of nodes and groups.
 
 
@@ -133,6 +140,12 @@ Processor for a single or range of nodes and groups.
  
 
 
+\ **altitude**\ 
+ 
+ Retrieves altitude related attributes.
+ 
+
+
 \ **power**\ 
  
  Retrieves power status.
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPvitals.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPvitals.pm
index 3f31bf31c..11915abd7 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPvitals.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPvitals.pm
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ sub rackenv {
                 push @result, [ $name, $td, $Rc ];
                 if (!exists($request->{verbose})) {
 
-                    #if( $td =~ /^Rack altitude in meters/ ) {
                     if ($td =~ /^BPA-B total output in watts/) {
                         last;
                     }
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
index 30ba4b701..742f7a9a1 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Usage.pm
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ my %usage = (
       rvitals noderange {temp|wattage|fanspeed|leds|summary|all}
   BMC specific:
       rvitals noderange {temp|voltage|wattage|fanspeed|power|leds|all}
-  OpenPOWER server specific:
+  OpenPOWER (IPMI) specific:
       rvitals noderange [temp|voltage|wattage|fanspeed|power|leds|all]
+  OpenPOWER (OpenBMC) specific:
+      rvitals noderange [temp|voltage|wattage|fanspeed|power|altitude|all]
   MIC specific:
       rvitals noderange {thermal|all}",
     "reventlog" =>
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rvitals.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rvitals.1.pod
index 32ff2fb81..bb7fec138 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rvitals.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/rvitals.1.pod
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@ B<rvitals> I<noderange> {B<temp>|B<wattage>|B<fanspeed>|B<leds>|B<summary>|B<all
 
 B<rvitals> I<noderange> {B<temp>|B<voltage>|B<wattage>|B<fanspeed>|B<power>|B<leds>|B<all>}
 
-=head2 OpenPOWER server specific:
+=head2 OpenPOWER (IPMI) specific:
 
 B<rvitals> I<noderange> [B<temp>|B<voltage>|B<wattage>|B<fanspeed>|B<power>|B<leds>|B<all>]
 
+=head2 OpenPOWER (OpenBMC) specific:
+
+B<rvitals> I<noderange> [B<temp>|B<voltage>|B<wattage>|B<fanspeed>|B<power>|B<altitude>|B<all>]
+
 =head1 B<Description>
 
-B<rvitals>  retrieves hardware vital information from the on-board Service
+B<rvitals>  Retrieves hardware vital information from the on-board Service
 Processor for a single or range of nodes and groups.
 
 =head1 B<Options>
@@ -75,6 +79,10 @@ Retrieves rack environmentals.
 
 Retrieves LEDs status.
 
+=item B<altitude>
+
+Retrieves altitude related attributes.
+
 =item B<power>
 
 Retrieves power status.
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
index d67cf7ca1..e896e9046 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/openbmc.pm
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ $::POWER_STATE_POWERING_ON="powering-on";
 $::POWER_STATE_QUIESCED="quiesced";
 $::POWER_STATE_RESET="reset";
 
+$::NO_ATTRIBUTES_RETURNED="No attributes returned from the BMC.";
+
 sub unsupported {
     my $callback = shift;
     if (defined($::OPENBMC_DEVEL) && ($::OPENBMC_DEVEL eq "YES")) {
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ sub parse_args {
     } elsif ($command eq "rvitals") {
         $check = unsupported($callback); if (ref($check) eq "ARRAY") { return $check; }
         $subcommand = "all" if (!defined($ARGV[0]));
-        unless ($subcommand =~ /^temp$|^voltage$|^wattage$|^fanspeed$|^power$|^leds$|^all$/) {
+        unless ($subcommand =~ /^temp$|^voltage$|^wattage$|^fanspeed$|^power$|^altitude$|^all$/) {
             return ([ 1, "Unsupported command: $command $subcommand" ]);
         }
     } else {
@@ -1209,26 +1211,61 @@ sub rvitals_response {
     my $grep_string = $status_info{RVITALS_RESPONSE}{argv};
     my $src;
     my $content_info;
-    my $sensor_value;
+    my @sorted_output;
     
     print "$node: DEBUG Processing command: rvitals $grep_string \n";
-    print Dumper(%{$response_info->{data}}) . "\n";
+    print Dumper(%{$response_info->{data}});
 
     foreach my $key_url (keys %{$response_info->{data}}) {
         my %content = %{ ${ $response_info->{data} }{$key_url} };
-        print Dumper(%content) . "\n";
-        # $key_url is "/xyz/openbmc_project/sensors/xxx/yyy
-        # For now display xxx/yyy as a label
-        my ($junk, $label) = split("/sensors/", $key_url);
+
         #
-        # Calculate the value based on the scale
+        # Skip over attributes that are not asked to be printed
+        #
+        if ($grep_string =~ "temp") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "DegreesC") { next; } 
+        } 
+        if ($grep_string =~ "voltage") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "Volts") { next; } 
+        } 
+        if ($grep_string =~ "wattage") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "Watts") { next; } 
+        } 
+        if ($grep_string =~ "fanspeed") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "RPMS") { next; } 
+        } 
+        if ($grep_string =~ "power") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "Amperes" || $content{Unit} =~ "Joules" || $content{Unit} =~ "Watts" ) { next; } 
+        } 
+        if ($grep_string =~ "altitude") {
+            unless ( $content{Unit} =~ "Meters" ) { next; }
+        } 
+
+        my $label = (split(/\//, $key_url))[ -1 ];
+
+        # replace underscore with space, uppercase the first letter 
+        $label =~ s/_/ /g;
+        $label =~ s/\b(\w)/\U$1/g;
+
+        #
+        # Calculate the adjusted value based on the scale attribute
         #  
         my $calc_value = $content{Value};
         if ( $content{Scale} != 0 ) { 
             $calc_value = ($content{Value} * (10 ** $content{Scale}));
         } 
-        $sensor_value = $label . ": " . $calc_value . " " . $sensor_units{ $content{Unit} };
-        xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("$sensor_value", $callback, $node);
+
+        $content_info = $label . ": " . $calc_value . " " . $sensor_units{ $content{Unit} };
+        push (@sorted_output, $content_info); #Save output in array
+    }
+    # If sorted array has any contents, sort it and print it
+    if (scalar @sorted_output > 0) {
+        # Sort the output, alpha, then numeric
+        my @sorted_output = grep {s/(^|\D)0+(\d)/$1$2/g,1} sort 
+            grep {s/(\d+)/sprintf"%06.6d",$1/ge,1} @sorted_output;
+        xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("$_", $callback, $node) foreach (@sorted_output);
+    } else {
+        xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("$::NO_ATTRIBUTES_RETURNED", $callback, $node);
     }
 
     if ($next_status{ $node_info{$node}{cur_status} }) {