addrs.Add(net.JoinHostPort(ip.String(), globalMinioPort))
		}
	}
	host, _ := mustSplitHostPort(globalMinioAddr)
	if host != "" {
		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
		defer cancel()

		haddrs, err := globalDNSCache.LookupHost(ctx, host)
		if err == nil {
			for _, addr := range haddrs {
				addrs.Add(net.JoinHostPort(addr, globalMinioPort))
			}
		} else {

		}
		// hold the port
		l, err := net.Listen("TCP", fmt.Sprintf(":%s", p.String()))
		if err == nil {
			defer l.Close()
		}
		consoleAddr = net.JoinHostPort("", p.String())
	}

	if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(consoleAddr); err != nil {
		logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to start listening on console port")
	}

	if consoleAddr == addr {

		for _, endpoint := range endpoints.Endpoints {
			if endpoint.IsLocal && endpoint.Type() == URLEndpointType {
				return endpoint.Host
			}
		}
	}

	return net.JoinHostPort(globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort)
}

// fetches a random number between range min-max.
func getRandomRange(min, max int, seed int64) int {
	// special value -1 means no explicit seeding.
	if seed != -1 {