diff --git a/charts/latest/spdk-csi/templates/caching-node-handler.yaml b/charts/latest/spdk-csi/templates/caching-node-handler.yaml
index 441b9b9..d52b7c0 100644
--- a/charts/latest/spdk-csi/templates/caching-node-handler.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/spdk-csi/templates/caching-node-handler.yaml
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ spec:
           value: "{{ .Values.cachingnode.cpuMask }}"
         - name: SPDKMEM
           value: "{{ .Values.cachingnode.spdkMem }}"
-        - name: SPDKIMAGE
-          value: "{{ .Values.image.spdk.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.spdk.tag }}"
+        # - name: SPDKIMAGE
+        #   value: "{{ .Values.image.spdk.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.spdk.tag }}"
         - name: S3DATAPATH
           value: "{{ .Values.cachingnode.s3DataPath }}"
         - name: BLOCKEDPCIE
diff --git a/e2e/templates/pvc-cache.yaml b/e2e/templates/pvc-cache.yaml
index 60200e4..cf2609f 100644
--- a/e2e/templates/pvc-cache.yaml
+++ b/e2e/templates/pvc-cache.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     simplybk/secret-name: simplyblock-pvc-keys
     simplybk/secret-namespace: default
-    #simplybk/host-id: 3edee612-c833-4dbf-a55b-966b057d0e3b
+    simplybk/host-id: 1678ca3e-f02a-4855-ac8f-95e3bd8e2362
 spec:
   accessModes:
   - ReadWriteOnce
diff --git a/pkg/spdk/controllerserver.go b/pkg/spdk/controllerserver.go
index 90636bb..888ae15 100644
--- a/pkg/spdk/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/spdk/controllerserver.go
@@ -349,14 +349,12 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) publishVolume(req *csi.CreateVolumeRequest, volumeID
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		err = cs.spdkNode.CachingNodeConnect(hostID, spdkVol.lvolID)
+		connInfo, err := cs.spdkNode.CachingNodeConnect(hostID, spdkVol.lvolID)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("error Connecting volume to host: %v", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return map[string]string{
-			"hostID": hostID,
-		}, nil
+		return connInfo, nil
 	}
 
 	volumeInfo, err := cs.spdkNode.VolumeInfo(spdkVol.lvolID)
diff --git a/pkg/util/jsonrpc.go b/pkg/util/jsonrpc.go
index 3da00ab..bdfaac5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/jsonrpc.go
+++ b/pkg/util/jsonrpc.go
@@ -302,20 +302,20 @@ type CachingNodeReq struct {
 	LvolID string `json:"lvol_id"`
 }
 
-func (client *RPCClient) cachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID string) (bool, error) {
+func (client *RPCClient) cachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	params := CachingNodeReq{
 		LvolID: lvolID,
 	}
-	var result bool
-	out, err := client.CallSBCLI("PUT", "/cachingnode/connect/"+hostID, &params)
+
+	_, err := client.CallSBCLI("PUT", "/cachingnode/connect/"+hostID, &params)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	result, ok := out.(bool)
-	if !ok {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert the response to bool type. Interface: %v", out)
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return result, nil
+	return map[string]string{
+		"name":  lvolID,
+		"uuid":  lvolID,
+		"model": lvolID,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (client *RPCClient) resizeVolume(lvolID string, newSize int64) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/util/nvmf.go b/pkg/util/nvmf.go
index fb53e25..694d68c 100644
--- a/pkg/util/nvmf.go
+++ b/pkg/util/nvmf.go
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ func (node *NodeNVMf) DeleteSnapshot(snapshotID string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (node *NodeNVMf) CachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID string) error {
-	_, err := node.client.cachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID)
+func (node *NodeNVMf) CachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	conn, err := node.client.cachingNodeConnect(hostID, lvolID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	klog.V(5).Infof("caching node connected: %s", hostID)
-	return nil
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 // PublishVolume exports a volume through NVMf target