diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index 29adbcc9..1b2ef09e 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ done
 cd /
 nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
 hostname $nodename
-confluent_mgr=$(grep ^MANAGER: /etc/confluent/confluent.info|head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
+confluent_mgr=$(grep '^EXTMGRINFO:.*1$' /etc/confluent/confluent.info | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | awk -F'|' '{print $1}')
+if [ -z "$confluent_mgr" ]; then
+    confluent_mgr=$(grep ^MANAGER: /etc/confluent/confluent.info|head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
+fi
 if [[ $confluent_mgr == *%* ]]; then
     echo $confluent_mgr | awk -F% '{print $2}' > /tmp/confluent.ifidx
     ifidx=$(cat /tmp/confluent.ifidx)
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15-diskless/initramfs/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15-diskless/initramfs/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
index a6d1c965..7271b6e9 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15-diskless/initramfs/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15-diskless/initramfs/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/10-confluentdiskless.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ done
 cd /
 nodename=$(grep ^NODENAME /etc/confluent/confluent.info|awk '{print $2}')
 hostname $nodename
-confluent_mgr=$(grep ^MANAGER: /etc/confluent/confluent.info|head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
+confluent_mgr=$(grep '^EXTMGRINFO:.*1$' /etc/confluent/confluent.info | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | awk -F'|' '{print $1}')
+if [ -z "$confluent_mgr" ]; then
+    confluent_mgr=$(grep ^MANAGER: /etc/confluent/confluent.info|head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
+fi
 if [[ $confluent_mgr == *%* ]]; then
     echo $confluent_mgr | awk -F% '{print $2}' > /tmp/confluent.ifidx
     ifidx=$(cat /tmp/confluent.ifidx)