diff --git a/local/clients.go b/local/clients.go
index d19af697..64cfd1b5 100644
--- a/local/clients.go
+++ b/local/clients.go
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ import (
 func GetLocalClients(logger *log.Logger, config resources.UbiquityServerConfig) (map[string]resources.StorageClient, error) {
 	// TODO need to refactor and load all the existing clients automatically (instead of hardcore each one here)
 	clients := make(map[string]resources.StorageClient)
-	ScbeClient, err := scbe.NewScbeLocalClient(config.ScbeConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Printf("Not enough params to initialize '%s' client", resources.SCBE)
-	} else {
-		clients[resources.SCBE] = ScbeClient
-	}
+
+	if (config.ScbeConfig.ConnectionInfo.ManagementIP != "") {
+	  ScbeClient, err := scbe.NewScbeLocalClient(config.ScbeConfig)
+	  if err != nil {
+		  logger.Printf("Not enough params to initialize '%s' client", resources.SCBE)
+	  } else {
+		  clients[resources.SCBE] = ScbeClient
+    }
+  }
 
 	if len(clients) == 0 {
 		log.Fatal("No client can be initialized....please check config file")
diff --git a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/connectors.go b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/connectors.go
index 7f5be218..49caa912 100644
--- a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/connectors.go
+++ b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/connectors.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func GetSpectrumScaleConnector(logger *log.Logger, config resources.SpectrumScaleConfig) (SpectrumScaleConnector, error) {
-	if config.RestConfig.Endpoint != "" {
+	if config.RestConfig.ManagementIP != "" {
 		logger.Printf("Initializing SpectrumScale REST connector\n")
 		return NewSpectrumRestV2(logger, config.RestConfig)
 	}
diff --git a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest.go b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest.go
index 85ffcb34..171d9406 100644
--- a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest.go
+++ b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type spectrum_rest struct {
 }
 
 func NewSpectrumRest(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig) (SpectrumScaleConnector, error) {
-	endpoint := restConfig.Endpoint
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d/", restConfig.ManagementIP, restConfig.Port)
 	user := restConfig.User
 	password := restConfig.Password
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewSpectrumRest(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig) (Spect
 }
 
 func NewSpectrumRestWithClient(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig, client *http.Client) (SpectrumScaleConnector, error) {
-	endpoint := restConfig.Endpoint
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d/", restConfig.ManagementIP, restConfig.Port)
 	return &spectrum_rest{logger: logger, httpClient: client, endpoint: endpoint}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2.go b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2.go
index 63795815..20496950 100644
--- a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2.go
+++ b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *spectrumRestV2) AsyncJobCompletion(jobURL string) error {
 
 func NewSpectrumRestV2(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig) (SpectrumScaleConnector, error) {
 
-	endpoint := restConfig.Endpoint
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d/", restConfig.ManagementIP, restConfig.Port)
 	user := restConfig.User
 	password := restConfig.Password
 	hostname := restConfig.Hostname
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func NewSpectrumRestV2(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig) (Spe
 }
 
 func NewspectrumRestV2WithClient(logger *log.Logger, restConfig resources.RestConfig) (SpectrumScaleConnector, *http.Client, error) {
-	endpoint := restConfig.Endpoint
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d/", restConfig.ManagementIP, restConfig.Port)
 	user := restConfig.User
 	password := restConfig.Password
 	hostname := restConfig.Hostname
diff --git a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2_test.go b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2_test.go
index b79c55c6..60c45f2c 100644
--- a/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2_test.go
+++ b/local/spectrumscale/connectors/rest_v2_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ var _ = Describe("spectrumRestV2", func() {
 		logger = log.New(os.Stdout, "spectrum: ", log.Lshortfile|log.LstdFlags)
 		httpmock.Activate()
 		fakeurl = "http://1.1.1.1:443"
-		restConfig.Endpoint = fakeurl
+		restConfig.ManagementIP = "1.1.1.1"
+		restConfig.Port = 443
 		restConfig.User = "fakeuser"
 		restConfig.Password = "fakepassword"
 		restConfig.Hostname = "fakehostname"
diff --git a/local/spectrumscale/spectrumscale.go b/local/spectrumscale/spectrumscale.go
index e72b4c1b..909d90ee 100644
--- a/local/spectrumscale/spectrumscale.go
+++ b/local/spectrumscale/spectrumscale.go
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ func (s *spectrumLocalClient) updateDBWithExistingFilesetQuota(filesystem, name,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if s.config.RestConfig.Endpoint != "" {
+	if s.config.RestConfig.ManagementIP != "" {
 		s.logger.Printf("For REST connector converting quotas to bytes\n")
 		filesetQuotaBytes, err := utils.ConvertToBytes(s.logger, filesetQuota)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/resources/resources.go b/resources/resources.go
index d4fbbea0..13fa6a48 100644
--- a/resources/resources.go
+++ b/resources/resources.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ const KeyScbeSslMode = "SCBE_SSL_MODE"
 const DefaultDbSslMode = SslModeVerifyFull
 const DefaultScbeSslMode = SslModeVerifyFull
 const DefaultPluginsSslMode = SslModeVerifyFull
+const SpectrumscaleDefaultPort = 443                              // the default port for SPECTRUM SCALE management
+const SpectrumScaleParamPrefix = "SPECTRUMSCALE_"
 
 type SshConfig struct {
 	User string
@@ -93,10 +95,11 @@ type SshConfig struct {
 }
 
 type RestConfig struct {
-	Endpoint string
-	User     string
-	Password string
-	Hostname string
+	Port          int
+	ManagementIP  string
+	User          string
+	Password      string
+	Hostname      string
 }
 
 type SpectrumNfsRemoteConfig struct {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 3d74d96a..efd9c753 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -233,16 +233,20 @@ func LoadConfig() (resources.UbiquityServerConfig, error) {
 		sscConfig.SshConfig = sshConfig
 	}
 	restConfig := resources.RestConfig{}
-	restConfig.Endpoint = os.Getenv("SSC_REST_ENDPOINT")
-	restConfig.User = os.Getenv("SSC_REST_USER")
-	restConfig.Password = os.Getenv("SSC_REST_PASSWORD")
-	restConfig.Hostname = os.Getenv("SSC_REST_HOSTNAME")
-	if restConfig.User != "" && restConfig.Hostname != "" && restConfig.Password != "" {
-		sscConfig.RestConfig = restConfig
+	restConfig.User = os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "REST_USER")
+	restConfig.Password = os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "REST_PASSWORD")
+	restConfig.Hostname = os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "REST_HOSTNAME")
+	restConfig.ManagementIP = os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "MANAGEMENT_IP")
+	spectrumscalePort, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "MANAGEMENT_PORT"), 0, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		restConfig.Port = resources.SpectrumscaleDefaultPort
+	} else {
+		restConfig.Port = int(spectrumscalePort)
 	}
-	sscConfig.DefaultFilesystemName = os.Getenv("DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM_NAME")
+	sscConfig.RestConfig = restConfig
+	sscConfig.DefaultFilesystemName = os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM_NAME")
 	sscConfig.NfsServerAddr = os.Getenv("SSC_NFS_SERVER_ADDRESS")
-	forceDelete, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("FORCE_DELETE"))
+	forceDelete, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(resources.SpectrumScaleParamPrefix + "FORCE_DELETE"))
 	if err != nil {
 		sscConfig.ForceDelete = false
 	} else {