// registered listeners
	globalConsoleSys *HTTPConsoleLoggerSys

	// All unique drives for this deployment
	globalEndpoints EndpointServerPools
	// All unique nodes for this deployment
	globalNodes []Node

	// The name of this local node, fetched from arguments
	globalLocalNodeName    string
	globalLocalNodeNameHex string
	globalNodeNamesHex     = make(map[string]struct{})

	// The global subnet config

	env.RegisterGlobalCAs(globalRootCAs)

	globalEndpoints, setupType, err = createServerEndpoints(globalMinioAddr, ctxt.Layout.pools, ctxt.Layout.legacy)
	logger.FatalIf(err, "Invalid command line arguments")
	globalNodes = globalEndpoints.GetNodes()

	globalIsErasure = (setupType == ErasureSetupType)
	globalIsDistErasure = (setupType == DistErasureSetupType)
	if globalIsDistErasure {
		globalIsErasure = true
	}