diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index c5721cfb8..977f7a319 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -4542,6 +4542,7 @@ sub splitkcmdline{
 #Input Params: 
 #       $osvers: the osname of the osimage,i.e,rhels7.1,sles11.3,ubuntu14.04.1 ...
 #       $osarch: the osarch of the osimage,i.e, x86_64,ppc64,ppc64le ...
+#       $imagetype: the osimage.imagetype, i.e, Linux,NIM
 #Return value:
 #       a string of the possible noderes.netboot values delimited with comma ","
 #       i.e, "pxe,xnba", empty on fail.        
@@ -4553,6 +4554,7 @@ sub lookupNetboot{
        $osvers=shift;
     }
     my $osarch=shift;
+    my $imgtype=shift;
 
     my $ret="";
     my $osv;
@@ -4569,19 +4571,21 @@ sub lookupNetboot{
         $osm = 0;
     }
 
-
-    if ($osarch =~ /^x86_64$/i){
-        $ret= "xnba,pxe";
-    }elsif($osarch =~ /^ppc64$/i){
-       if(($osv =~ /rh/i and $osn < 7) or ($osv =~ /sles/i and $osn < 12)){
-          $ret="yaboot";
-       }else{
-          $ret="grub2,grub2-tftp,grub2-http";
+    if($imgtype =~ /^NIM$/i){
+       $ret="nimol";
+    }elsif($imgtype =~ /^Linux$/i){
+       if ($osarch =~ /^x86_64$/i){
+           $ret= "xnba,pxe";
+       }elsif($osarch =~ /^ppc64$/i){
+          if(($osv =~ /rh/i and $osn < 7) or ($osv =~ /sles/i and $osn < 12)){
+             $ret="yaboot";
+          }else{
+             $ret="grub2,grub2-tftp,grub2-http";
+          }
+       }elsif($osarch =~ /^ppc64le$/i or $osarch =~ /^ppc64el$/i){
+          $ret="petiboot,grub2,grub2-tftp,grub2-http"; 
        }
-    }elsif($osarch =~ /^ppc64le$/i or $osarch =~ /^ppc64el$/i){
-       $ret="petitboot,grub2,grub2-tftp,grub2-http"; 
-    }
-    
+    } 
     return $ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/destiny.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/destiny.pm
index 0020f4fa3..c0c86926d 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/destiny.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/destiny.pm
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ sub setdestiny {
 	    if (@{$req->{node}} == 0) { return;}
 	    if ($target) {
 		my $osimagetable=xCAT::Table->new('osimage');
-		(my $ref) = $osimagetable->getAttribs({imagename => $target}, 'provmethod', 'osvers', 'profile', 'osarch');
+		(my $ref) = $osimagetable->getAttribs({imagename => $target}, 'provmethod', 'osvers', 'profile', 'osarch','imagetype');
 
 		if ($ref) {
 		    if ($ref->{provmethod}) {
@@ -222,10 +222,8 @@ sub setdestiny {
 		    $errored =1; $callback->({errorcode=>[1],error=>"Cannot find the OS image $target on the osimage table."});
 		    return;
 		}
-            
-                #if the noderes.netboot is invalid for the specified osimage provision
-                #report error and exit
-                my $netbootval=xCAT::Utils->lookupNetboot($ref->{osvers},$ref->{osarch});
+
+                my $netbootval=xCAT::Utils->lookupNetboot($ref->{osvers},$ref->{osarch},$ref->{imagetype});
                 unless($netbootval =~ /$curnetboot/i){
                     $errored =1; 
                     $callback->({errorcode=>[1],error=> [join(",",@{$req->{node}}).":stop configuration because $curnetboot DOES NOT work for provision of $target, please choose the correct noderes.netboot value in the subset \"$netbootval\",see description of 'netboot' attributes in 'tabdump -d noderes' for details."]});
@@ -258,11 +256,11 @@ sub setdestiny {
 		    if (($osimage) && ($osimage ne 'install') && ($osimage ne 'netboot') && ($osimage ne 'statelite')) {
 			if (!exists($updatestuff->{$osimage})) {
 			    my $osimagetable=xCAT::Table->new('osimage');
-			    (my $ref) = $osimagetable->getAttribs({imagename => $osimage}, 'provmethod', 'osvers', 'profile', 'osarch');
+			    (my $ref) = $osimagetable->getAttribs({imagename => $osimage}, 'provmethod', 'osvers', 'profile', 'osarch','imagetype');
 			    if ($ref) {
                                 #check whether the noderes.netboot is set appropriately
                                 #if not,push the nodes into $invalidosimghash->{$osimage}->{netboot}
-                                my $netbootval=xCAT::Utils->lookupNetboot($ref->{osvers},$ref->{osarch});
+                                my $netbootval=xCAT::Utils->lookupNetboot($ref->{osvers},$ref->{osarch},$ref->{imagetype});
                                 if($netbootval =~ /$curnetboot/i){
                                     push(@validnodes,$tmpnode);
                                 }else{