diff --git a/rdsn b/rdsn
index 88dd590d94..0fa841a781 160000
--- a/rdsn
+++ b/rdsn
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 88dd590d94f6417b9f42cd322f70ab5f2add837d
+Subproject commit 0fa841a781111c5950e543f232181c23961202ec
diff --git a/src/shell/command_helper.h b/src/shell/command_helper.h
index bf91441c75..8f2f5ec66c 100644
--- a/src/shell/command_helper.h
+++ b/src/shell/command_helper.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <rocksdb/env.h>
 #include <rocksdb/statistics.h>
 #include <dsn/cpp/json_helper.h>
-#include <dsn/dist/cli/cli.client.h>
+#include <dsn/dist/remote_command.h>
 #include <dsn/dist/replication/replication_ddl_client.h>
 #include <dsn/dist/replication/mutation_log_tool.h>
 #include <dsn/perf_counter/perf_counter_utils.h>
@@ -464,32 +464,33 @@ inline bool fill_nodes(shell_context *sc, const std::string &type, std::vector<n
     return true;
 }
 
-inline void call_remote_command(shell_context *sc,
-                                const std::vector<node_desc> &nodes,
-                                const ::dsn::command &cmd,
-                                std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> &results)
+inline std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>>
+call_remote_command(shell_context *sc,
+                    const std::vector<node_desc> &nodes,
+                    const std::string &cmd,
+                    const std::vector<std::string> &arguments)
 {
-    dsn::cli_client cli;
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
     std::vector<dsn::task_ptr> tasks;
     tasks.resize(nodes.size());
     results.resize(nodes.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
-        auto callback = [&results,
-                         i](::dsn::error_code err, dsn::message_ex *req, dsn::message_ex *resp) {
+        auto callback = [&results, i](::dsn::error_code err, const std::string &resp) {
             if (err == ::dsn::ERR_OK) {
                 results[i].first = true;
-                ::dsn::unmarshall(resp, results[i].second);
+                results[i].second = resp;
             } else {
                 results[i].first = false;
                 results[i].second = err.to_string();
             }
         };
-        tasks[i] =
-            cli.call(cmd, callback, std::chrono::milliseconds(5000), 0, 0, 0, nodes[i].address);
+        tasks[i] = dsn::dist::cmd::async_call_remote(
+            nodes[i].address, cmd, arguments, callback, std::chrono::milliseconds(5000));
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
         tasks[i]->wait();
     }
+    return results;
 }
 
 inline bool parse_app_pegasus_perf_counter_name(const std::string &name,
@@ -771,13 +772,8 @@ inline bool get_app_partition_stat(shell_context *sc,
     }
 
     // get all of the perf counters with format ".*@.*"
-    ::dsn::command command;
-    command.cmd = "perf-counters";
-    char tmp[256];
-    sprintf(tmp, ".*@.*");
-    command.arguments.emplace_back(tmp);
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, "perf-counters", {".*@.*"});
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
         // decode info of perf-counters on node i
@@ -841,17 +837,16 @@ get_app_stat(shell_context *sc, const std::string &app_name, std::vector<row_dat
         }
     }
 
-    ::dsn::command command;
-    command.cmd = "perf-counters";
+    std::vector<std::string> arguments;
     char tmp[256];
     if (app_name.empty()) {
         sprintf(tmp, ".*@.*");
     } else {
         sprintf(tmp, ".*@%d\\..*", app_info->app_id);
     }
-    command.arguments.emplace_back(tmp);
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+    arguments.emplace_back(tmp);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, "perf-counters", arguments);
 
     if (app_name.empty()) {
         std::map<int32_t, std::vector<dsn::partition_configuration>> app_partitions;
@@ -964,11 +959,8 @@ inline bool get_capacity_unit_stat(shell_context *sc,
         return false;
     }
 
-    ::dsn::command command;
-    command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-substr";
-    command.arguments.emplace_back(".cu@");
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, "perf-counters-by-substr", {".cu@"});
 
     nodes_stat.resize(nodes.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
@@ -1036,11 +1028,8 @@ inline bool get_storage_size_stat(shell_context *sc, app_storage_size_stat &st_s
         }
     }
 
-    ::dsn::command command;
-    command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-prefix";
-    command.arguments.emplace_back("replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst(MB)");
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results = call_remote_command(
+        sc, nodes, "perf-counters-by-prefix", {"replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst(MB)"});
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
         dsn::rpc_address node_addr = nodes[i].address;
diff --git a/src/shell/commands.h b/src/shell/commands.h
index c42199148d..5f5a80dc62 100644
--- a/src/shell/commands.h
+++ b/src/shell/commands.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <dsn/utility/output_utils.h>
 #include <dsn/utility/string_conv.h>
 #include <dsn/utility/string_view.h>
-#include <dsn/dist/cli/cli.client.h>
 #include <dsn/dist/replication/replication_ddl_client.h>
 #include <dsn/dist/replication/mutation_log_tool.h>
 
diff --git a/src/shell/commands/node_management.cpp b/src/shell/commands/node_management.cpp
index 54ec5473a8..4869981927 100644
--- a/src/shell/commands/node_management.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/commands/node_management.cpp
@@ -183,16 +183,16 @@ bool ls_nodes(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
             return true;
         }
 
-        ::dsn::command command;
-        command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-prefix";
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*server*memused.res(MB)");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*rdb.block_cache.memory_usage");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*eon.replica_stub*disk.available.total.ratio");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*eon.replica_stub*disk.available.min.ratio");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*rdb.memtable.memory_usage");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*rdb.index_and_filter_blocks.memory_usage");
-        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+            call_remote_command(sc,
+                                nodes,
+                                "perf-counters-by-prefix",
+                                {"replica*server*memused.res(MB)",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*rdb.block_cache.memory_usage",
+                                 "replica*eon.replica_stub*disk.available.total.ratio",
+                                 "replica*eon.replica_stub*disk.available.min.ratio",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*rdb.memtable.memory_usage",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*rdb.index_and_filter_blocks.memory_usage"});
 
         for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
             dsn::rpc_address node_addr = nodes[i].address;
@@ -242,17 +242,16 @@ bool ls_nodes(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
             return true;
         }
 
-        ::dsn::command command;
-        command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-prefix";
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*get_qps");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*multi_get_qps");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*put_qps");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*multi_put_qps");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*recent.read.cu");
-        command.arguments.push_back("replica*app.pegasus*recent.write.cu");
-
-        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+            call_remote_command(sc,
+                                nodes,
+                                "perf-counters-by-prefix",
+                                {"replica*app.pegasus*get_qps",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*multi_get_qps",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*put_qps",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*multi_put_qps",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*recent.read.cu",
+                                 "replica*app.pegasus*recent.write.cu"});
 
         for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
             dsn::rpc_address node_addr = nodes[i].address;
@@ -301,14 +300,14 @@ bool ls_nodes(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
             return true;
         }
 
-        ::dsn::command command;
-        command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-postfix";
-        command.arguments.push_back("zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_GET.latency.server");
-        command.arguments.push_back("zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_PUT.latency.server");
-        command.arguments.push_back("zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_MULTI_GET.latency.server");
-        command.arguments.push_back("zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_MULTI_PUT.latency.server");
-        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-        call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+        std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+            call_remote_command(sc,
+                                nodes,
+                                "perf-counters-by-postfix",
+                                {"zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_GET.latency.server",
+                                 "zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_PUT.latency.server",
+                                 "zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_MULTI_GET.latency.server",
+                                 "zion*profiler*RPC_RRDB_RRDB_MULTI_PUT.latency.server"});
 
         for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
             dsn::rpc_address node_addr = nodes[i].address;
@@ -505,10 +504,10 @@ bool remote_command(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
         return false;
     }
 
-    ::dsn::command cmd;
-    cmd.cmd = args.argv[optind];
+    std::string cmd = args.argv[optind];
+    std::vector<std::string> arguments;
     for (int i = optind + 1; i < args.argc; i++) {
-        cmd.arguments.push_back(args.argv[i]);
+        arguments.push_back(args.argv[i]);
     }
 
     std::vector<node_desc> node_list;
@@ -535,14 +534,14 @@ bool remote_command(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
         }
     }
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "COMMAND: %s", cmd.cmd.c_str());
-    for (auto &s : cmd.arguments) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "COMMAND: %s", cmd.c_str());
+    for (auto &s : arguments) {
         fprintf(stderr, " %s", s.c_str());
     }
     fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
 
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, node_list, cmd, results);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results =
+        call_remote_command(sc, node_list, cmd, arguments);
 
     int succeed = 0;
     int failed = 0;
diff --git a/src/shell/commands/table_management.cpp b/src/shell/commands/table_management.cpp
index 152c1980c1..41e226f23a 100644
--- a/src/shell/commands/table_management.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/commands/table_management.cpp
@@ -210,15 +210,13 @@ bool app_disk(command_executor *e, shell_context *sc, arguments args)
         return true;
     }
 
-    ::dsn::command command;
-    command.cmd = "perf-counters-by-prefix";
-    char tmp[256];
-    sprintf(tmp, "replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst(MB)@%d.", app_id);
-    command.arguments.push_back(tmp);
-    sprintf(tmp, "replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst.count@%d.", app_id);
-    command.arguments.push_back(tmp);
-    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results;
-    call_remote_command(sc, nodes, command, results);
+    std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results = call_remote_command(
+        sc,
+        nodes,
+        "perf-counters-by-prefix",
+        {fmt::format("replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst(MB)@{}.", app_id),
+         fmt::format("replica*app.pegasus*disk.storage.sst.count@{}.", app_id)});
+
     std::map<dsn::rpc_address, std::map<int32_t, double>> disk_map;
     std::map<dsn::rpc_address, std::map<int32_t, double>> count_map;
     for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/src/test/kill_test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/kill_test/CMakeLists.txt
index e1e6217b3a..6246d209e2 100644
--- a/src/test/kill_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/kill_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(MY_PROJ_LIBS
     pegasus_client_static
     dsn.replication.ddlclient
     dsn_replication_common
-    dsn_cli
+    dsn_dist_cmd
     dsn_runtime
     )
 set(MY_BINPLACES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.ini")
diff --git a/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.cpp b/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.cpp
index 4efa609f95..2162c01f16 100644
--- a/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.cpp
+++ b/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.cpp
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <memory>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <dsn/dist/remote_command.h>
 
 #include "partition_kill_testor.h"
 
 namespace pegasus {
 namespace test {
-partition_kill_testor::partition_kill_testor(const char *config_file) : kill_testor(config_file)
-{
-    cmd.cmd = "replica.kill_partition";
-    cmd.arguments.resize(2);
-}
+partition_kill_testor::partition_kill_testor(const char *config_file) : kill_testor(config_file) {}
 
 void partition_kill_testor::Run()
 {
@@ -49,28 +46,31 @@ void partition_kill_testor::run()
     std::vector<int> random_indexs;
     generate_random(random_indexs, random_num, 0, partitions.size() - 1);
 
-    dsn::cli_client cli;
     std::vector<dsn::task_ptr> tasks(random_num);
     std::vector<std::pair<bool, std::string>> results(random_num);
 
+    std::vector<std::string> arguments(2);
     for (int i = 0; i < random_indexs.size(); ++i) {
         int index = random_indexs[i];
         const auto &p = partitions[index];
 
-        cmd.arguments[0] = to_string(p.pid.get_app_id());
-        cmd.arguments[1] = to_string(p.pid.get_partition_index());
+        arguments[0] = to_string(p.pid.get_app_id());
+        arguments[1] = to_string(p.pid.get_partition_index());
 
-        auto callback = [&results,
-                         i](::dsn::error_code err, dsn::message_ex *req, dsn::message_ex *resp) {
+        auto callback = [&results, i](::dsn::error_code err, const std::string &resp) {
             if (err == ::dsn::ERR_OK) {
                 results[i].first = true;
-                ::dsn::unmarshall(resp, results[i].second);
+                results[i].second = resp;
             } else {
                 results[i].first = false;
                 results[i].second = err.to_string();
             }
         };
-        tasks[i] = cli.call(cmd, callback, std::chrono::milliseconds(5000), 0, 0, 0, p.primary);
+        tasks[i] = dsn::dist::cmd::async_call_remote(p.primary,
+                                                     "replica.kill_partition",
+                                                     arguments,
+                                                     callback,
+                                                     std::chrono::milliseconds(5000));
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < tasks.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.h b/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.h
index 141419e302..519812ca4b 100644
--- a/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.h
+++ b/src/test/kill_test/partition_kill_testor.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // This source code is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0, which
 // can be found in the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
-#include <dsn/dist/cli/cli.client.h>
 #include <dsn/dist/replication/replication_ddl_client.h>
 #include <pegasus/client.h>
 
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ class partition_kill_testor : public kill_testor
 
 private:
     void run();
-
-    ::dsn::command cmd;
 };
 } // namespace test
 } // namespace pegasus