diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 079b98649..88ed51f8c 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const consolePrefix = "CONSOLE_"
 func minioConfigToConsoleFeatures() {
 	os.Setenv("CONSOLE_PBKDF_SALT", globalDeploymentID)
 	os.Setenv("CONSOLE_PBKDF_PASSPHRASE", globalDeploymentID)
-	os.Setenv("CONSOLE_MINIO_SERVER", getAPIEndpoints()[0])
+	os.Setenv("CONSOLE_MINIO_SERVER", globalMinioEndpoint)
 	if value := env.Get("MINIO_LOG_QUERY_URL", ""); value != "" {
 		os.Setenv("CONSOLE_LOG_QUERY_URL", value)
 		if value := env.Get("MINIO_LOG_QUERY_AUTH_TOKEN", ""); value != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/endpoint-v2.go b/cmd/endpoint-v2.go
index 6af816f95..591a0705b 100644
--- a/cmd/endpoint-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/endpoint-v2.go
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2021 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -13,16 +30,20 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	driveSeparator = "="
+	driveSeparator = "drives="
 )
 
 func parseDrives(cctx *cli.Context) (string, error) {
+	if !strings.Contains(cctx.Args().First(), driveSeparator) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
 	tokens := strings.SplitN(cctx.Args().First(), driveSeparator, 2)
 	if len(tokens) != 2 {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to parse input args %s", cctx.Args())
 	}
-	if !ellipses.HasEllipses(tokens[1]) {
+	drives := strings.TrimSpace(tokens[1])
+	if !ellipses.HasEllipses(drives) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to parse input args %s, only allows ellipses patterns", cctx.Args())
 	}
-	return tokens[1], nil
+	return drives, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 0de6868e1..8550e6d99 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -444,8 +444,16 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	erasureSelfTest()
 	compressSelfTest()
 
-	// Handle all server command args.
-	serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx)
+	drives, err := parseDrives(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnexpectedError(err), "Unable to parse the input arguments")
+	}
+	if drives == "" {
+		// Handle all server command args.
+		serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx)
+	} else {
+		globalMinioDrives = drives
+	}
 
 	// Handle all server environment vars.
 	serverHandleEnvVars()
diff --git a/cmd/volume-meta.go b/cmd/volume-meta.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e41e195e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/volume-meta.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/minio/pkg/ellipses"
+)
+
+func expandDriveVolumeMeta(driveArg string) (drives []string, err error) {
+	patterns, err := ellipses.FindEllipsesPatterns(driveArg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, lbls := range patterns.Expand() {
+		driveAbs, err := filepath.Abs(strings.Join(lbls, ""))
+		if err != nil {
+			// fail for non-absolute paths
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		drives = append(drives, driveAbs)
+	}
+	return drives, nil
+}
+
+type volumePool struct {
+	ID      string `json:"id"`
+	Local   string `json:"local"`
+	Remote  string `json:"remote"`
+	CmdLine string `json:"cmdline"`
+}
+
+type volumeMeta struct {
+	Version string       `json:"version"`
+	Token   string       `json:"token"`
+	Pools   []volumePool `json:"pools"`
+}
+
+const volumeMetaFile = "volume.meta"
+
+func checkDriveVolumeMeta(driveArg string) (*volumeMeta, error) {
+	drives, err := expandDriveVolumeMeta(driveArg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	volumeMetas := make([]*volumeMeta, len(drives))
+	for i, drv := range drives {
+		buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(drv, minioMetaBucket, volumeMetaFile))
+		if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			continue
+		}
+		var vm = new(volumeMeta)
+		if err = json.Unmarshal(buf, vm); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		volumeMetas[i] = vm
+	}
+	return volumeMetas[0], nil
+}