diff --git a/database/database_connection.py b/database/database_connection.py
index 8012eae..90b43e5 100644
--- a/database/database_connection.py
+++ b/database/database_connection.py
@@ -175,23 +175,61 @@
         self._read_options()
 
 
-    def _get_option(self, name, provided_value):
+    def _get_option(self, name, provided_value, use_afe_setting=False):
+        """Get value of given option from global config.
+
+        @param name: Name of the config.
+        @param provided_value: Value being provided to override the one from
+                               global config.
+        @param use_afe_setting: Force to use the settings in AFE, default is
+                                False.
+        """
+        # TODO(dshi): This function returns the option value depends on multiple
+        # conditions. The value of `provided_value` has highest priority, then
+        # the code checks if use_afe_setting is True, if that's the case, force
+        # to use settings in AUTOTEST_WEB. At last the value is retrieved from
+        # specified global config section.
+        # The logic is too complicated for a generic function named like
+        # _get_option. Ideally we want to make it clear from caller that it
+        # wants to get database credential from one of the 3 ways:
+        # 1. Use the credential from given config section
+        # 2. Use the credential from AUTOTEST_WEB section
+        # 3. Use the credential provided by caller.
         if provided_value is not None:
             return provided_value
-        if self.global_config_section:
+        section = ('AUTOTEST_WEB' if use_afe_setting else
+                   self.global_config_section)
+        if section:
             global_config_name = _GLOBAL_CONFIG_NAMES.get(name, name)
             return global_config.global_config.get_config_value(
-                self.global_config_section, global_config_name)
+                    section, global_config_name)
+
         return getattr(self, name, None)
 
 
     def _read_options(self, db_type=None, host=None, username=None,
                       password=None, db_name=None):
-        self.db_type = self._get_option('db_type', db_type)
-        self.host = self._get_option('host', host)
-        self.username = self._get_option('username', username)
-        self.password = self._get_option('password', password)
+        """Read database information from global config.
+
+        Unless any parameter is specified a value, the connection will use
+        database name from given configure section (self.global_config_section),
+        and database credential from AFE database settings (AUTOTEST_WEB).
+
+        @param db_type: database type, default to None.
+        @param host: database hostname, default to None.
+        @param username: user name for database connection, default to None.
+        @param password: database password, default to None.
+        @param db_name: database name, default to None.
+        """
         self.db_name = self._get_option('db_name', db_name)
+        use_afe_setting = not bool(db_type or host or username or password)
+
+        # Database credential can be provided by the caller, as passed in from
+        # function connect.
+        self.db_type = self._get_option('db_type', db_type, use_afe_setting)
+        self.host = self._get_option('host', host, use_afe_setting)
+        self.username = self._get_option('username', username, use_afe_setting)
+        self.password = self._get_option('password', password, use_afe_setting)
 
 
     def _get_backend(self, db_type):
diff --git a/database/migrate.py b/database/migrate.py
index eca776b..be99aea 100755
--- a/database/migrate.py
+++ b/database/migrate.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 
 _AUTODIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')
 _MIGRATIONS_DIRS = {
-    'AUTOTEST_WEB' : os.path.join(_AUTODIR, 'frontend', 'migrations'),
-    'TKO' : os.path.join(_AUTODIR, 'tko', 'migrations'),
+    'AUTOTEST_WEB': os.path.join(_AUTODIR, 'frontend', 'migrations'),
+    'TKO': os.path.join(_AUTODIR, 'tko', 'migrations'),
+    'AUTOTEST_SERVER_DB': os.path.join(_AUTODIR, 'database',
+                                      'server_db_migrations'),
 }
 _DEFAULT_MIGRATIONS_DIR = 'migrations' # use CWD
 
@@ -262,6 +264,8 @@
 
 
     def _migrate_from_base(self):
+        """Initialize the AFE database.
+        """
         self.confirm_initialization()
 
         migration_script = utils.read_file(
diff --git a/database/server_db_migrations/001_initial_db.py b/database/server_db_migrations/001_initial_db.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c05673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/server_db_migrations/001_initial_db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+def migrate_up(manager):
+    """migrate up the database schema.
+
+    @param manager: Instance of MigrationManager.
+    """
+    manager.execute_script(INIT_DB_SQL)
+    manager.execute_script(INIT_VERSION_SQL)
+
+
+def migrate_down(manager):
+    """migrate down the database schema.
+
+    @param manager: Instance of MigrationManager.
+    """
+    manager.execute_script(DROP_DB_SQL)
+
+
+INIT_VERSION_SQL = """\
+INSERT INTO migrate_info VALUES (0)
+"""
+
+INIT_DB_SQL = """\
+-- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.5.40, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64)
+--
+-- Host: localhost    Database: chromeos_lab_servers
+-- ------------------------------------------------------
+-- Server version       5.5.40-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
+
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
+/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
+/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
+/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;
+
+--
+-- Table structure for table `migrate_info`
+--
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `migrate_info`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
+CREATE TABLE `migrate_info` (
+  `version` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+--
+-- Table structure for table `server_roles`
+--
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `server_roles`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
+CREATE TABLE `server_roles` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  `server_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `role` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  KEY `fk_server_roles_server_idx` (`server_id`),
+  CONSTRAINT `fk_server_roles_server` FOREIGN KEY (`server_id`) REFERENCES `servers` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+
+--
+-- Table structure for table `servers`
+--
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `servers`;
+/*!40101 SET @saved_cs_client     = @@character_set_client */;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
+CREATE TABLE `servers` (
+  `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  `hostname` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
+  `cname` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `status` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `date_created` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `date_modified` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `note` text,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `hostname_UNIQUE` (`hostname`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `cname_UNIQUE` (`cname`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+/*!40101 SET character_set_client = @saved_cs_client */;
+/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;
+
+/*!40101 SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE */;
+/*!40014 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS */;
+/*!40014 SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
+/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
+/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
+/*!40111 SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES */;
+
+-- Dump completed on 2014-10-28 12:08:40
+"""
+
+DROP_DB_SQL = """\
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `server_roles`;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `servers`;
+"""
diff --git a/database/server_db_migrations/__init__.py b/database/server_db_migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/server_db_migrations/__init__.py
diff --git a/global_config.ini b/global_config.ini
index e56b661..52cdeba 100644
--- a/global_config.ini
+++ b/global_config.ini
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 global_db_min_retry_delay:
 global_db_max_retry_delay:
 
+[AUTOTEST_SERVER_DB]
+database: chromeos_lab_servers
+
 [SHARD]
 # If this is not None, the instance is considered a shard.
 # The value should be the hostname of the local shard.
@@ -102,6 +105,10 @@
 # Time in hours to wait before giving up on crash collection.
 crash_collection_hours_to_wait: 0.001
 
+# If True, use autotest_server_db to verify the host before running services
+# like scheduler, host-scheduler and suite-scheduler.
+use_server_db: False
+
 [SCHEDULER]
 die_on_orphans: False
 enable_scheduler: True
diff --git a/site_utils/setup_dev_autotest.sh b/site_utils/setup_dev_autotest.sh
index 8b7b11a..f015746 100755
--- a/site_utils/setup_dev_autotest.sh
+++ b/site_utils/setup_dev_autotest.sh
@@ -174,37 +174,47 @@
 fi
 echo -e "Done!\n"
 
-echo "Setting up Database: chromeos_autotest_db in MySQL..."
-if mysql -u root -e ';' 2> /dev/null ; then
-  PASSWD_STRING=
-elif mysql -u root -p"${PASSWD}" -e ';' 2> /dev/null ; then
-  PASSWD_STRING="-p${PASSWD}"
-else
-  PASSWD_STRING="-p"
-fi
+# Check if database exists, clobber existing database with user consent.
+#
+# Arguments: Name of the database
+check_database()
+{
+  local db_name=$1
+  echo "Setting up Database: $db_name in MySQL..."
+  if mysql -u root -e ';' 2> /dev/null ; then
+    PASSWD_STRING=
+  elif mysql -u root -p"${PASSWD}" -e ';' 2> /dev/null ; then
+    PASSWD_STRING="-p${PASSWD}"
+  else
+    PASSWD_STRING="-p"
+  fi
 
-if ! mysqladmin ping ; then
-  sudo service mysql start
-fi
+  if ! mysqladmin ping ; then
+    sudo service mysql start
+  fi
 
-CLOBBERDB='y'
-EXISTING_DATABASE=$(mysql -u root "${PASSWD_STRING}" -e "SELECT SCHEMA_NAME \
-FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = 'chromeos_autotest_db'")
+  local clobberdb='y'
+  local existing_database=$(mysql -u root "${PASSWD_STRING}" -e "SELECT \
+  SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME = '$db_name'")
 
-if [ -n "${EXISTING_DATABASE}" ]; then
-  get_y_or_n CLOBBERDB "Clobber existing shadow config? [Y/n]: " "n"
-fi
+  if [ -n "${existing_database}" ]; then
+    get_y_or_n clobberdb "Clobber existing MySQL database? [Y/n]: " "n"
+  fi
 
-SQL_COMMAND="drop database if exists chromeos_autotest_db; \
-create database chromeos_autotest_db; \
-grant all privileges on chromeos_autotest_db.* TO \
-'chromeosqa-admin'@'localhost' identified by '${PASSWD}'; \
-FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+  local sql_command="drop database if exists $db_name; \
+  create database $db_name; \
+  grant all privileges on $db_name.* TO \
+  'chromeosqa-admin'@'localhost' identified by '${PASSWD}'; \
+  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
-if [[ "${CLOBBERDB}" = 'y' ]]; then
-  mysql -u root "${PASSWD_STRING}" -e "${SQL_COMMAND}"
-fi
-echo -e "Done!\n"
+  if [[ "${clobberdb}" = 'y' ]]; then
+    mysql -u root "${PASSWD_STRING}" -e "${sql_command}"
+  fi
+  echo -e "Done!\n"
+}
+
+check_database 'chromeos_autotest_db'
+check_database 'chromeos_lab_servers'
 
 AT_DIR=/usr/local/autotest
 echo -n "Bind-mounting your autotest dir at ${AT_DIR}..."
@@ -246,6 +256,10 @@
 "${AT_DIR}"/utils/test_importer.py
 echo -e "Done!\n"
 
+echo "Initializing chromeos_lab_servers mysql DB..."
+"${AT_DIR}"/database/migrate.py sync -f -d AUTOTEST_SERVER_DB
+echo -e "Done!\n"
+
 echo "Configuring apache to run the autotest web interface..."
 if [ ! -d /etc/apache2/run ]; then
   sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/run