diff --git a/device/nokia/x86_64-nokia_ixr7250e_sup-r0/chassisdb.conf b/device/nokia/x86_64-nokia_ixr7250e_sup-r0/chassisdb.conf
index a2daf40b9fef..3296a7929a81 100644
--- a/device/nokia/x86_64-nokia_ixr7250e_sup-r0/chassisdb.conf
+++ b/device/nokia/x86_64-nokia_ixr7250e_sup-r0/chassisdb.conf
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ start_chassis_db=1
 chassis_db_address=10.6.0.100
 lag_id_start=1
 lag_id_end=512
-midplane_subnet=10.6.0.0/16
diff --git a/dockers/docker-database/flush_unused_database b/dockers/docker-database/flush_unused_database
index b1d4af063860..e1f7394d9776 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-database/flush_unused_database
+++ b/dockers/docker-database/flush_unused_database
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import swsssdk
 import redis
 import subprocess
 import time
+import syslog
 
 while(True):
     output = subprocess.Popen(['sonic-db-cli', 'PING'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True).communicate()[0]
@@ -24,5 +25,8 @@ for instname, v in instlists.items():
         if dbinst == instname:
             continue
 
-        r = redis.Redis(host=insthost, unix_socket_path=instsocket, db=dbid)
-        r.flushdb()
+        try:
+            r = redis.Redis(host=insthost, unix_socket_path=instsocket, db=dbid)
+            r.flushdb()
+        except (redis.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+           syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO,"flushdb:Redis Unix Socket connection error for path {} and dbaname {}".format(instsocket, dbname))
diff --git a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2 b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
index 9e4cb65b7050..f0a1dcccbaae 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/docker_image_ctl.j2
@@ -118,12 +118,8 @@ function preStartAction()
 
 function setPlatformLagIdBoundaries()
 {
-    CHASSIS_CONF=/usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/chassisdb.conf
-    if [ -f "$CHASSIS_CONF" ]; then
-        source $CHASSIS_CONF
-        docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} $SONIC_DB_CLI CHASSIS_APP_DB SET "SYSTEM_LAG_ID_START" "$lag_id_start"
-        docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} $SONIC_DB_CLI CHASSIS_APP_DB SET "SYSTEM_LAG_ID_END" "$lag_id_end"
-    fi
+    docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} $SONIC_DB_CLI CHASSIS_APP_DB SET "SYSTEM_LAG_ID_START" "$lag_id_start"
+    docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} $SONIC_DB_CLI CHASSIS_APP_DB SET "SYSTEM_LAG_ID_END" "$lag_id_end"
 }
 function waitForAllInstanceDatabaseConfigJsonFilesReady()
 {
@@ -158,6 +154,8 @@ sleep 1
 function postStartAction()
 {
 {%- if docker_container_name == "database" %}
+    CHASSISDB_CONF="/usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/chassisdb.conf"
+    [ -f $CHASSISDB_CONF ] && source $CHASSISDB_CONF
     if [ "$DEV" ]; then
         # Enable the forwarding on eth0 interface in namespace.
         SYSCTL_NET_CONFIG="/etc/sysctl.d/sysctl-net.conf"
@@ -165,6 +163,31 @@ function postStartAction()
                                                s/^net.ipv6.conf.eth0.forwarding=0/net.ipv6.conf.eth0.forwarding=1/" $SYSCTL_NET_CONFIG
         docker exec -i database$DEV sysctl --system -e
         link_namespace $DEV
+
+
+        if [[ -n "$midplane_subnet" ]]; then
+           # Use /16 for loopback interface
+           ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip addr add 127.0.0.1/16 dev lo
+           ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip addr del 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo
+
+           # Create eth1 in database instance
+           ip link add name ns-eth1"$NET_NS" link eth1-midplane type macvlan mode bridge
+           ip link set dev ns-eth1"$NET_NS" netns "$NET_NS"
+           ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip link set ns-eth1"$NET_NS" name eth1
+
+           # Configure IP address and enable eth1
+           lc_slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_my_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
+           lc_ip_address=`echo $midplane_subnet | awk -F. '{print $1 "." $2}'`.$lc_slot_id.$(($DEV + 10))
+           lc_subnet_mask=${midplane_subnet#*/}
+           ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip addr add $lc_ip_address/$lc_subnet_mask dev eth1
+           ip netns exec "$NET_NS" ip link set dev eth1 up
+
+           # Allow localnet routing on the new interfaces if midplane is using a
+           # subnet in the 127/8 range.
+           if [[ "${midplane_subnet#127}" != "$midplane_subnet" ]]; then
+              ip netns exec "$NET_NS" bash -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/route_localnet"
+           fi
+       fi
     fi
     # Setup ebtables configuration
     ebtables_config
@@ -180,7 +203,8 @@ function postStartAction()
         # then we catch python exception of file not valid
         # that comes to syslog which is unwanted so wait till database
         # config is ready and then ping
-        until [[ ($(docker exec -i database$DEV pgrep -x -c supervisord) -gt 0) && ($($SONIC_DB_CLI PING | grep -c PONG) -gt 0) ]]; do
+        until [[ ($(docker exec -i database$DEV pgrep -x -c supervisord) -gt 0) && ($($SONIC_DB_CLI PING | grep -c PONG) -gt 0) &&
+                 ($(docker exec -i database$DEV sonic-db-cli PING | grep -c PONG) -gt 0) ]]; do
           sleep 1;
         done
         if [[ ("$BOOT_TYPE" == "warm" || "$BOOT_TYPE" == "fastfast") && -f $WARM_DIR/dump.rdb ]]; then
@@ -222,7 +246,9 @@ function postStartAction()
                  ($(docker exec -i ${DOCKERNAME} $SONIC_DB_CLI CHASSIS_APP_DB PING | grep -c True) -gt 0) ]]; do
            sleep 1
         done
-        setPlatformLagIdBoundaries
+        if [[ -n "$lag_id_start" && -n "$lag_id_end" ]]; then
+           setPlatformLagIdBoundaries
+        fi
         REDIS_SOCK="/var/run/redis-chassis/redis_chassis.sock"
     fi
     chgrp -f redis $REDIS_SOCK && chmod -f 0760 $REDIS_SOCK
diff --git a/files/image_config/interfaces/interfaces-config.sh b/files/image_config/interfaces/interfaces-config.sh
index 8c8a4e205875..f6aa4147a4e4 100755
--- a/files/image_config/interfaces/interfaces-config.sh
+++ b/files/image_config/interfaces/interfaces-config.sh
@@ -60,48 +60,6 @@ for intf_pid in $(ls -1 /var/run/dhclient*.Ethernet*.pid 2> /dev/null); do
     [[ -f ${intf_pid} ]] && kill `cat ${intf_pid}` && rm -f ${intf_pid}
 done
 
-
-# Setup eth1 if we connect to a remote chassis DB.
-PLATFORM=${PLATFORM:-`sonic-cfggen -H -v DEVICE_METADATA.localhost.platform`}
-CHASSISDB_CONF="/usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/chassisdb.conf"
-[[ -f $CHASSISDB_CONF ]] && source $CHASSISDB_CONF
-
-ASIC_CONF="/usr/share/sonic/device/$PLATFORM/asic.conf"
-[[ -f $ASIC_CONF ]] && source $ASIC_CONF
-
-if [[ -n "$midplane_subnet" && ($NUM_ASIC -gt 1) ]]; then
-    for asic_id in `seq 0 $((NUM_ASIC - 1))`; do
-       NET_NS="asic$asic_id"
-
-       PIDS=`ip netns pids "$NET_NS" 2>/dev/null`
-       if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then # namespace doesn't exist
-          continue
-       fi
-
-       # Use /16 for loopback interface
-       ip netns exec $NET_NS ip addr add 127.0.0.1/16 dev lo
-       ip netns exec $NET_NS ip addr del 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo
-
-       # Create eth1 in database instance
-       ip link add name ns-eth1 link eth1-midplane type ipvlan mode l2
-       ip link set dev ns-eth1 netns $NET_NS
-       ip netns exec $NET_NS ip link set ns-eth1 name eth1
-
-       # Configure IP address and enable eth1
-       lc_slot_id=$(python3 -c 'import sonic_platform.platform; platform_chassis = sonic_platform.platform.Platform().get_chassis(); print(platform_chassis.get_my_slot())' 2>/dev/null)
-       lc_ip_address=`echo $midplane_subnet | awk -F. '{print $1 "." $2}'`.$lc_slot_id.$((asic_id + 10))
-       lc_subnet_mask=${midplane_subnet#*/}
-       ip netns exec $NET_NS ip addr add $lc_ip_address/$lc_subnet_mask dev eth1
-       ip netns exec $NET_NS ip link set dev eth1 up
-
-       # Allow localnet routing on the new interfaces if midplane is using a
-       # subnet in the 127/8 range.
-       if [[ "${midplane_subnet#127}" != "$midplane_subnet" ]]; then
-          ip netns exec $NET_NS bash -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/route_localnet"
-       fi
-    done
-fi
-
 # Read sysctl conf files again
 sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/90-dhcp6-systcl.conf