diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
index 72767738a..963f9c868 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
@@ -288,13 +288,20 @@ sub add_hosts_content {
                     {
                         addnode $callback, $nodename, $ip, $ref->{hostnames}, $domain;
                     }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        my $rsp;
-                        push @{$rsp->{data}}, "Invalid IP Addr \'$ref->{ip}\' for node \'$ref->{node}\'.";
-                        xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $rsp, $callback);
-                    }
-    
+		    else
+		    {
+			    my $rsp;
+                if (!$ip)
+                {
+                    push @{$rsp->{data}}, "Ignoring node \'$nodename\', it can not be resolved.";
+                }
+                else
+                {
+			        push @{$rsp->{data}}, "Ignoring node \'$nodename\', its ip address \'$ip\' is not valid.";
+                }
+			    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("W", $rsp, $callback);
+		    }
+
                     if (defined($ref->{otherinterfaces}))
                     {
                         addotherinterfaces $callback, $nodename, $ref->{otherinterfaces}, $domain;