diff --git a/cli/command/deploy.go b/cli/command/deploy.go
index 69182cf11..a193d88f3 100644
--- a/cli/command/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/command/deploy.go
@@ -252,10 +252,12 @@ func genDeployPlaybook(curveadm *cli.CurveAdm,
 		if step == CREATE_PHYSICAL_POOL {
 			options[comm.KEY_CREATE_POOL_TYPE] = comm.POOL_TYPE_PHYSICAL
 			options[comm.KEY_POOLSET] = poolset
+			options[comm.KEY_NUMBER_OF_CHUNKSERVER] = calcNumOfChunkserver(curveadm, dcs)
 		} else if step == CREATE_LOGICAL_POOL {
 			options[comm.KEY_CREATE_POOL_TYPE] = comm.POOL_TYPE_LOGICAL
 			options[comm.POOLSET] = poolset
 			options[comm.POOLSET_DISK_TYPE] = diskType
+			options[comm.KEY_NUMBER_OF_CHUNKSERVER] = calcNumOfChunkserver(curveadm, dcs)
 		}
 
 		pb.AddStep(&playbook.PlaybookStep{
diff --git a/cli/command/scale_out.go b/cli/command/scale_out.go
index aee6567a7..5e703b056 100644
--- a/cli/command/scale_out.go
+++ b/cli/command/scale_out.go
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ func genScaleOutPlaybook(curveadm *cli.CurveAdm,
 			options[comm.KEY_CREATE_POOL_TYPE] = comm.POOL_TYPE_PHYSICAL
 			options[comm.KEY_SCALE_OUT_CLUSTER] = dcs2scaleOut
 			options[comm.KEY_NEW_TOPOLOGY_DATA] = data
+			options[comm.KEY_NUMBER_OF_CHUNKSERVER] = calcNumOfChunkserver(curveadm, dcs) +
+				calcNumOfChunkserver(curveadm, dcs2scaleOut)
 			options[comm.KEY_POOLSET] = poolset
 		case CREATE_LOGICAL_POOL:
 			options[comm.KEY_CREATE_POOL_TYPE] = comm.POOL_TYPE_LOGICAL