diff --git a/pkg/manager/appliance.go b/pkg/manager/appliance.go
index e52c672..f35e057 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/appliance.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/appliance.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package manager
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -97,12 +98,27 @@ func (a *Appliance) AddBlade(ctx context.Context, c *openapi.Credentials) (*Blad
 		newErr := fmt.Errorf("create session failure at [%s:%d] using interface [%s]: %w", c.IpAddress, c.Port, backendName, err)
 		logger.Error(newErr, "failure: add blade")
 
+		bladeId := c.CustomId
+		if bladeId == "" { // Order CustomeId > BladeSN > UUID
+			bladeId = response.ChassisSN
+			if bladeId == "" {
+				// Generate default id using last N digits of a randomly generated uuid combined with the default prefix
+				// Example uuid: ee0328d9-258a-4e81-976e-b75aa4a2d8f5
+				uuid := uuid.New().String()
+				uuid = strings.ReplaceAll(uuid, "-", "")
+				bladeId = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", ID_PREFIX_BLADE_DFLT, uuid[(len(uuid)-common.NumUuidCharsForId):])
+			}
+			c.CustomId = bladeId
+		}
+
 		// Continue adding the failed blade to the datastore, but update the connection status to unavailable
 		newBlade := &Blade{
 			Id:          c.CustomId,
 			Uri:         GetCfmUriBladeId(a.Id, c.CustomId),
 			Status:      common.UNAVAILABLE,
 			ApplianceId: a.Id,
+			backendOps:  ops,
+			creds:       c,
 		}
 		a.Blades[newBlade.Id] = newBlade
 
@@ -171,6 +187,8 @@ func (a *Appliance) AddBlade(ctx context.Context, c *openapi.Credentials) (*Blad
 			Uri:         GetCfmUriBladeId(a.Id, c.CustomId),
 			Status:      common.UNAVAILABLE,
 			ApplianceId: a.Id,
+			backendOps:  ops,
+			creds:       c,
 		}
 		a.Blades[newBlade.Id] = newBlade
 
@@ -295,11 +313,11 @@ func (a *Appliance) DeleteBladeById(ctx context.Context, bladeId string) (*Blade
 
 	blade, err := a.DeleteBladeByIdBackend(ctx, bladeId)
 	if err != nil || blade == nil {
-		logger.V(2).Info("success: delete blade by id after backend session failure", "bladeId", blade.Id, "applianceId", a.Id)
+		logger.V(2).Info("success: delete blade by id after backend session failure", "bladeId", bladeId, "applianceId", a.Id)
 		return blade, err
 	}
 
-	logger.V(2).Info("success: delete blade by id", "bladeId", blade.Id, "applianceId", a.Id)
+	logger.V(2).Info("success: delete blade by id", "bladeId", bladeId, "applianceId", a.Id)
 
 	return blade, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/manager/manager.go b/pkg/manager/manager.go
index ac26076..0e94041 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/manager.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package manager
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"cfm/pkg/backend"
@@ -281,11 +283,26 @@ func AddHost(ctx context.Context, c *openapi.Credentials) (*Host, error) {
 		newErr := fmt.Errorf("create session failure at [%s:%d] using interface [%s]: %w", c.IpAddress, c.Port, backendName, err)
 		logger.Error(newErr, "failure: add host")
 
+		hostId := c.CustomId
+		if hostId == "" { // Order CustomeId > HostSN > UUID
+			hostId = response.ChassisSN
+			if hostId == "" {
+				// Generate default id using last N digits of the session id combined with the default prefix
+				// Example uuid: ee0328d9-258a-4e81-976e-b75aa4a2d8f5
+				uuid := uuid.New().String()
+				uuid = strings.ReplaceAll(uuid, "-", "")
+				hostId = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", ID_PREFIX_HOST_DFLT, uuid[(len(uuid)-common.NumUuidCharsForId):])
+			}
+			c.CustomId = hostId
+		}
+
 		// Continue adding the failed host to the datastore, but update the connection status to unavailable
 		host := &Host{
-			Id:     c.CustomId,
-			Uri:    GetCfmUriHostId(c.CustomId),
-			Status: common.UNAVAILABLE,
+			Id:         c.CustomId,
+			Uri:        GetCfmUriHostId(c.CustomId),
+			Status:     common.UNAVAILABLE,
+			backendOps: ops,
+			creds:      c,
 		}
 		deviceCache.AddHost(host, false)
 
@@ -348,9 +365,11 @@ func AddHost(ctx context.Context, c *openapi.Credentials) (*Host, error) {
 
 		// Continue adding the failed host to the datastore, but update the connection status to unavailable
 		host := &Host{
-			Id:     c.CustomId,
-			Uri:    GetCfmUriHostId(c.CustomId),
-			Status: common.UNAVAILABLE,
+			Id:         c.CustomId,
+			Uri:        GetCfmUriHostId(c.CustomId),
+			Status:     common.UNAVAILABLE,
+			backendOps: ops,
+			creds:      c,
 		}
 		deviceCache.AddHost(host, false)
 
@@ -487,11 +506,11 @@ func DeleteHostById(ctx context.Context, hostId string) (*Host, error) {
 
 	host, err := DeleteHostByIdBackend(ctx, hostId)
 	if err != nil || host == nil {
-		logger.V(2).Info("success: delete host by id after backend session failure", "hostId", host.Id)
+		logger.V(2).Info("success: delete host by id after backend session failure", "hostId", hostId)
 		return host, err
 	}
 
-	logger.V(2).Info("success: delete host by id", "hostId", host.Id)
+	logger.V(2).Info("success: delete host by id", "hostId", hostId)
 
 	return host, nil
 }