diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
index 247ffe80f..6aeb489d2 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ function cold_reset_bmc() {
             # reset after applying ipmitool commands.  However, it seems there is a problem with 
             # the BMC where after 15 seconds, it stops responding.  To work around, sleep 30
             # seconds before issuing the reset of the BMC.
-            sleep 30
+            snooze
+        else
+            logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Resetting BMC ..."
+            ipmitool mc reset cold
+            logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Waiting for the BMC to appear ..."
         fi
-        logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Resetting BMC ..."
-        ipmitool mc reset cold
 
-        logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Waiting for the BMC to appear ..."
         if [ "$XPROD" = "43707" ]; then
             # OpenPower SPECIFIC, check the BMC with the following raw command to
             # make sure that the bmc is really in a "ready" state before continuing 
@@ -125,18 +126,22 @@ while [ -z "$BMCIP" -a $IPCFGMETHOD="static" ]; do
 done
 kill $CREDPID
 NUMBMCS=`grep bmcip /tmp/ipmicfg.xml |awk -F\> '{print $2}'|awk -F\< '{print $1}'|wc -l`
-logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.debug "BMC IP=$BMCIP, NETMASK=$BMCNM, GATEWAY=$BMCGW, VLAN=$BMCVLAN, USER=$BMCUS, PASSWORD=$BMCPW" 
-logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "NUMBMCS=$NUMBMCS"
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.debug "BMC Information obtained from xCAT"
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.debug "NUMBMCS=$NUMBMCS ==> BMC IP=$BMCIP/$BMCNM, GW=$BMCGW, VLAN=$BMCVLAN, USER=$BMCUS, PASSWORD=$BMCPW"
+
 #
 # Get the BMC Version and Manufacturer ID
 #
-IPMIVER=`ipmitool mc info|grep ^IPMI|awk  '{print $4}'`
-IPMIMFG=`ipmitool mc info|grep "^Manufacturer ID"|awk  '{print $4}'`
-logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "IPMIVER=$IPMIVER, IPMIMFG=$IPMIMFG"
+MC_INFO=/tmp/xcat.ipmitool.mcinfo
+
+ipmitool mc info > ${MC_INFO}
+IPMIVER=`cat ${MC_INFO} |grep ^IPMI|awk  '{print $4}'`
+IPMIMFG=`cat ${MC_INFO} |grep "^Manufacturer ID"|awk  '{print $4}'`
 
 # Get the BMC Product ID
-XPROD=`ipmitool mc info|grep "^Product ID"|awk '{print $4}'`
-logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "XPROD=$XPROD"
+XPROD=`cat ${MC_INFO} |grep "^Product ID"|awk '{print $4}'`
+
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "IPMIVER=$IPMIVER, IPMIMFG=$IPMIMFG, XPROD=$XPROD"
 
 #
 # IPMIMFG=2 = IBM
@@ -484,7 +489,7 @@ while [ $idev -gt 0 ]; do
     done
     if [ $TRIES -gt $TIMEOUT ]; then logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.err "$MSG: ERROR"; else logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "$MSG: OK"; fi
     
-    MSG="Enabling IPMI v 1.5 MD5 LAN access"
+    MSG="Enabling IPMI MD5 LAN access"
     logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "$MSG"
     TRIES=0
     # Set the auth level to md5 for the channel
@@ -527,6 +532,8 @@ while [ $idev -gt 0 ]; do
             i=$((i+1))
         done
 
+        logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "ACCESS=$NEWACCESS"
+
         MSG="Set the cipher_privileges for the channel"
         logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "$MSG"
         # Set the cipher_privileges for the channel
@@ -575,8 +582,12 @@ while [ $idev -gt 0 ]; do
 
     logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Lighting Identify Light"
     if [ "$XPROD" = "43707" ]; then
-        # OpenPower BMC specific, turn on the LED beacon for 5 minutes 
-        ipmitool chassis identify 300
+        # OpenPower BMC specific, turn on the LED beacon light.  
+        #   - default interval, # ipmitool chassis identify
+        #                         Chassis identify interval: default (15 seconds)
+        #   - 275 is too large, # ipmitool chassis identify 275
+        #                         Given interval is too big.
+        ipmitool chassis identify 250
     else
         # All other BMCs
         while :
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/dodiscovery b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/dodiscovery
index 5148e1dab..f1af844ff 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/dodiscovery
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/dodiscovery
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ DISKSIZE=`cat /proc/partitions |grep -e "sd.\>" |awk -F' ' '{printf "%s:%.0fGB\n
 #done
 #CPUTYPE=`cat /tmp/cpumod|awk -F':' '{print $2}'|sed -e 's/^ //'`
 
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Beginning echo infomation to discovery packet file..."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Beginning echo infomation to discovery packet file..."
 echo '<xcatrequest>' > /tmp/discopacket
 echo "<command>findme</command>" >> /tmp/discopacket
 echo "<sequential>1</sequential>" >> /tmp/discopacket
@@ -258,20 +258,20 @@ cat /tmp/discopacket |while read line; do
 	echo $line >> /tmp/discopacket.new
 done
 mv /tmp/discopacket.new /tmp/discopacket
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Discovery packet file is ready."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Discovery packet file is ready."
 rm -f /tmp/discopacket.gz
 gzip -9 /tmp/discopacket
 	if [ ! -z "$XCATMASTER" ]; then
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sending the discovery packet to xCAT ($XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT)..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sending the discovery packet to xCAT ($XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT)..."
 		(cat /tmp/discopacket.gz | udpcat.awk $XCATMASTER $XCATPORT ) &
 	fi
 	for dhcps in `grep dhcp-server /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient.leases|awk '{print $4}'|sed -s 's/;//'`; do
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sending the discovery packet to xCAT ($dhcps:$XCATPORT)..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sending the discovery packet to xCAT ($dhcps:$XCATPORT)..."
 		(cat /tmp/discopacket.gz | udpcat.awk $dhcps $XCATPORT ) &
 	done
 	#cat /tmp/discopacket
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sleeping 5 seconds..."
+	logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Sleeping 5 seconds..."
 	sleep 5
 done
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Restart..."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Restart network interfaces..."
 /bin/restart
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
index d1c2964cf..f8fc3ac22 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ log_label="xcat.genesis.doxcat"
 # Start rsyslogd and log into a local file specified in /etc/rsyslog.conf
 # Later, once xCAT MN is known, dhclient-script will change 
 # rsyslog.conf file to send log entries to xCAT MN
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Starting syslog..."
+ls /var/run/
 RSYSLOGD_VERSION=`rsyslogd -v | grep "rsyslogd" | cut -d" " -f2 | cut -d"." -f1`
+
+# if syslog is running and there's a pid file, kill it before restarting syslogd
+if [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then 
+    kill -TERM `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
+fi 
+
 if [ $RSYSLOGD_VERSION -ge 8 ]; then
     /sbin/rsyslogd
     # Newer vers of rsyslogd (8 and higher) do not support -c flag anymore
@@ -16,7 +24,7 @@ else
     /sbin/rsyslogd -c4
 fi
 
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Beginning doxcat process..."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Beginning doxcat process..."
 
 modprobe acpi_cpufreq 2>/dev/null		# on some machines this fails
 modprobe cpufreq_ondemand
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ PUBKEY=`openssl rsa -in /etc/xcat/privkey.pem -pubout 2> /dev/null|grep -v "PUBL
 PUBKEY=`echo $PUBKEY|sed -e 's/ //g'`
 export PUBKEY
 
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Creating /var/lib/lldpad file..."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Creating /var/lib/lldpad file..."
 mkdir -p /var/lib/lldpad
 echo 'lldp :' >> /var/lib/lldpad/lldpad.conf
 echo '{' >> /var/lib/lldpad/lldpad.conf
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ echo '};' >> /var/lib/lldpad/lldpad.conf
 done
 echo '};' >> /var/lib/lldpad/lldpad.conf
 lldpad -d
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "lldpad started."
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "lldpad started."
 
 # Caclulate the broadcast address of a given IP address and mask.
 bcastcalc(){
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ done
 export XCATPORT
 export XCATMASTER
 
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "XCATMASTER is $XCATMASTER, XCATPORT is $XCATPORT"
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "XCATMASTER is $XCATMASTER, XCATPORT is $XCATPORT"
 
 if [[ -n $hostip && -n $netmask && -n $gateway && -n $bootnic ]]; then
 	# doing static ip
@@ -291,35 +299,32 @@ DEVICE=$bootnic
 export DEVICE
 
 if [ "$destiny" != "discover" ]; then #we aren't discoverying, we probably can and should get a cert
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run getcert $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+	logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Getting initial certificate --> $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT"
 	/bin/getcert $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Getcert done."
 fi
 while :; do
 
         grepconfigraid=`echo $destiny|grep "configraid"`
         if [ -z "$destiny" -o -n "$grepconfigraid" ]; then
-                logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run getdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+                logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running getdestiny --> $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT"
                 destiny=`getdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT`
-                logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Getdestiny done."
+        	logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Received destiny=$destiny" 
 	fi
-        
+
+	# parse out some values from the destiny
 	destparameter=`echo $destiny|cut -d '=' -f 2-`
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "The destparameter is $destparameter"
-
 	destiny=`echo $destiny|awk -F= '{print $1}'`
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "The destiny is $destiny"
-
 	dest=`echo $destiny|awk '{print $1}'` #could probably use bash but oh well
-	logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "The dest is $dest"
+
+	logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "The destiny=$dest, destiny parameters=$destparameter"
 
 	if [ "$dest" = "discover" ]; then #skip a query to xCAT when /proc/cmdline will do
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run dodiscovery..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running dodiscovery..."
 		/bin/dodiscovery
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Dodiscovery done."
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run getcert $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "dodiscovery - Complete."
+
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Getting certificate --> $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT"
 		/bin/getcert $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Getcert done."
 		destiny=''
 		dest=''
 	elif [ "$dest" = shell ]; then
@@ -327,21 +332,21 @@ while :; do
 		destiny=''
 		dest=''
 		/bin/bash
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Exit shell."
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Exited shell."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
 		/bin/nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT      
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Nextdestiny done."   
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "nextdestiny - Complete."
 	elif [ "$dest" = runcmd ]; then
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
 		destiny=`/bin/nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT`
 		dest=`echo $destiny|awk -F= '{print $1}'`
 		$destparameter
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Nextdestiny done."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "nextdestiny - Complete."
 	elif [ "$dest" = runimage ]; then
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
 		destiny=`/bin/nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT`
 		dest=`echo $destiny|awk -F= '{print $1}'`
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Nextdestiny done."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "nextdestiny - Complete."
 		mkdir /tmp/`basename $destparameter`
 		cd /tmp/`basename $destparameter`
 		eval destparameter=$destparameter
@@ -362,9 +367,9 @@ while :; do
 		./runme.sh
 		cd -
 	elif [ "$dest" = "reboot" -o "$dest" = "boot" ]; then
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT..."
 		/bin/nextdestiny $XCATMASTER:$XCATPORT
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Nextdestiny done."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "nextdestiny - Complete."
 		if [ $IPMI_SUPPORT -ne 0 ]; then
 		    ipmitool chassis bootdev pxe
 		fi
@@ -373,12 +378,12 @@ while :; do
 		if [ $IPMI_SUPPORT -ne 0 ]; then
 		    ipmitool chassis bootdev pxe
 		fi
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Reboot..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Reboot..."
 		reboot -f
 	elif [ "$dest" = sysclone ]; then
-                logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Run dosysclone..."
+                logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Running dosysclone..."
                 /bin/dosysclone
-                logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Dosysclone done."
+                logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "dosysclone - Complete."
                 destiny=''
                 dest='' 
 	elif [ "$dest" = standby ]; then
@@ -386,21 +391,25 @@ while :; do
 		dest=''
 		delay=$((30+$RANDOM%270))
 		while [ $delay -gt 0 ]; do
-			logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Received request to retry in a bit, will call xCAT back in $delay seconds"
+			if [ $((delay%10)) == 0 ]; then 
+				logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Received request to retry in a bit, will call xCAT back in $delay seconds"
+			fi
 			delay=$((delay-1))
 			sleep 1
 		done
 		echo "Retrying                                                                                   ";
 	elif [ "$dest" = shutdown ]; then
-		logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "Poweroff..."
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Poweroff..."
 		poweroff -f
 	else 
-		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.err "Unrecognized directive $dest"
+		logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.err "Unrecognized directive (dest=$dest)"
 		destiny=''
 		dest=''
 		delay=$((30+$RANDOM%270))
 		while [ $delay -gt 0 ]; do
-			logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Will retry in $delay seconds"
+			if [ $((delay%10)) == 0 ]; then 
+				logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "... Will retry xCAT in $delay seconds"
+			fi
 			delay=$((delay-1))
 			sleep 1
 		done
@@ -408,5 +417,5 @@ while :; do
 	fi
 done
 
-logger -t $log_label -p local4.info "doxcat is done"
+logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "doxcat is complete"
 set +x
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/getipmi b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/getipmi
index 5e9af2590..f129cb382 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/getipmi
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/getipmi
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+log_label="xcat.genesis.getipmi"
+
 allowcred.awk &
 CREDPID=$!
 if [ -z "$XCATDEST" ]; then
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ echo "<xcatrequest>
 <callback_port>300</callback_port>
 <bmcmac>$BMCMAC</bmcmac>
 </xcatrequest>" > /tmp/bmcreq.xml
-rm /tmp/ipmicfg.xml
+rm -f /tmp/ipmicfg.xml
 while [ ! -f /tmp/ipmicfg.xml ] || grep error /tmp/ipmicfg.xml; do
 	if [ -f /tmp/ipmicfg.xml ]; then
 		timer=60