diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels10 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels10
index 8b6bba514..75e864747 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels10
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels10
@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@
 [ "$MASTER_IP" ] || export MASTER_IP="#ENV:MASTER_IP#"
 #INCLUDE:#ENV:XCATROOT#/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib#
 
-if command -v nmcli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    nmcli -g NAME,STATE con show | \
-        awk -F: '$1 != "lo" && $2 == "activated" {print $1}' | \
-        while IFS= read -r con_name
-        do
-            [ -n "$con_name" ] || continue
-            nmcli con mod "$con_name" connection.autoconnect yes
-        done
-fi
+xcat_enable_active_nm_autoconnect
 
 internet_repo_file_list="oracle-linux-ol10.repo uek-ol10.repo Rocky-AppStream.repo Rocky-BaseOS.repo Rocky-Extras.repo rocky.repo rocky-extras.repo CentOS-Base.repo centos.repo centos-addons.repo almalinux-ha.repo almalinux-nfv.repo almalinux-powertools.repo almalinux.repo almalinux-resilientstorage.repo almalinux-rt.repo"
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels8 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels8
index 418557a9d..825d42af2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels8
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rhels8
@@ -6,22 +6,6 @@
 [ "$MASTER_IP" ] || export MASTER_IP="#ENV:MASTER_IP#"
 #INCLUDE:#ENV:XCATROOT#/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib#
 
-activate_nm_connections()
-{
-    nmcli -g NAME,STATE con show | \
-        awk -F: '$1 != "lo" && $2 == "activated" {print $1}' | \
-        while IFS= read -r con_name
-        do
-            [ -n "$con_name" ] || continue
-            case "$XCATDEBUGMODE" in
-            "1"|"2")
-                msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "info" "set connection $con_name to be activated on system boot" "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log"
-                ;;
-            esac
-            nmcli con mod "$con_name" connection.autoconnect yes
-        done
-}
-
 activated_ifcfg=0
 if compgen -G "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     for i in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
@@ -40,11 +24,11 @@ if compgen -G "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         fi
     done
 
-    if [ "$activated_ifcfg" -eq 0 ] && command -v nmcli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        activate_nm_connections
+    if [ "$activated_ifcfg" -eq 0 ]; then
+        xcat_enable_active_nm_autoconnect 1
     fi
-elif command -v nmcli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    activate_nm_connections
+else
+    xcat_enable_active_nm_autoconnect 1
 fi
 
 # List of internal repos to be disabled
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib
index 3cd7ba10e..ab74bddb6 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/scriptlib
@@ -43,3 +43,23 @@ declare -F msgutil &>/dev/null  || function msgutil {
     msgutil_r "" "$@"
 }
 
+declare -F xcat_enable_active_nm_autoconnect &>/dev/null || function xcat_enable_active_nm_autoconnect {
+    local log_changes="${1:-}"
+
+    command -v nmcli >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
+
+    nmcli -g NAME,STATE con show | \
+        awk -F: '$1 != "lo" && $2 == "activated" {print $1}' | \
+        while IFS= read -r con_name
+        do
+            [ -n "$con_name" ] || continue
+            if [ -n "$log_changes" ]; then
+                case "$XCATDEBUGMODE" in
+                "1"|"2")
+                    msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "info" "set connection $con_name to be activated on system boot" "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log"
+                    ;;
+                esac
+            fi
+            nmcli con mod "$con_name" connection.autoconnect yes
+        done
+}