diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index da9e235dd..d452b50ec 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -1497,22 +1497,13 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerInfoHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 
 	defer logger.AuditLog(w, r, "ServerInfo", mustGetClaimsFromToken(r))
 
-	objectAPI, _ := validateAdminReq(ctx, w, r, iampolicy.ServerInfoAdminAction)
-	if objectAPI == nil {
+	// Validate request signature.
+	_, adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuth(ctx, r, iampolicy.ServerInfoAdminAction, "")
+	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
+		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(adminAPIErr), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
 
-	buckets := madmin.Buckets{}
-	objects := madmin.Objects{}
-	usage := madmin.Usage{}
-
-	dataUsageInfo, err := loadDataUsageFromBackend(ctx, objectAPI)
-	if err == nil {
-		buckets = madmin.Buckets{Count: dataUsageInfo.BucketsCount}
-		objects = madmin.Objects{Count: dataUsageInfo.ObjectsTotalCount}
-		usage = madmin.Usage{Size: dataUsageInfo.ObjectsTotalSize}
-	}
-
 	vault := fetchVaultStatus()
 
 	ldap := madmin.LDAP{}
@@ -1534,31 +1525,54 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerInfoHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	// Get the notification target info
 	notifyTarget := fetchLambdaInfo()
 
-	// Fetching the Storage information, ignore any errors.
-	storageInfo, _ := objectAPI.StorageInfo(ctx, false)
+	server := getLocalServerProperty(globalEndpoints, r)
+	servers := globalNotificationSys.ServerInfo()
+	servers = append(servers, server)
 
 	var backend interface{}
-	if storageInfo.Backend.Type == BackendType(madmin.Erasure) {
-		backend = madmin.ErasureBackend{
-			Type:             madmin.ErasureType,
-			OnlineDisks:      storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks.Sum(),
-			OfflineDisks:     storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Sum(),
-			StandardSCData:   storageInfo.Backend.StandardSCData,
-			StandardSCParity: storageInfo.Backend.StandardSCParity,
-			RRSCData:         storageInfo.Backend.RRSCData,
-			RRSCParity:       storageInfo.Backend.RRSCParity,
+	mode := madmin.ObjectLayerInitializing
+
+	buckets := madmin.Buckets{}
+	objects := madmin.Objects{}
+	usage := madmin.Usage{}
+
+	objectAPI := newObjectLayerFn()
+	if objectAPI != nil {
+		mode = madmin.ObjectLayerOnline
+		// Load data usage
+		dataUsageInfo, err := loadDataUsageFromBackend(ctx, objectAPI)
+		if err == nil {
+			buckets = madmin.Buckets{Count: dataUsageInfo.BucketsCount}
+			objects = madmin.Objects{Count: dataUsageInfo.ObjectsTotalCount}
+			usage = madmin.Usage{Size: dataUsageInfo.ObjectsTotalSize}
 		}
-	} else {
-		backend = madmin.FSBackend{
-			Type: madmin.FsType,
+
+		// Fetching the backend information
+		backendInfo := objectAPI.BackendInfo()
+		if backendInfo.Type == BackendType(madmin.Erasure) {
+			// Calculate the number of online/offline disks of all nodes
+			var allDisks []madmin.Disk
+			for _, s := range servers {
+				allDisks = append(allDisks, s.Disks...)
+			}
+			onlineDisks, offlineDisks := getOnlineOfflineDisksStats(allDisks)
+
+			backend = madmin.ErasureBackend{
+				Type:             madmin.ErasureType,
+				OnlineDisks:      onlineDisks.Sum(),
+				OfflineDisks:     offlineDisks.Sum(),
+				StandardSCData:   backendInfo.StandardSCData,
+				StandardSCParity: backendInfo.StandardSCParity,
+				RRSCData:         backendInfo.RRSCData,
+				RRSCParity:       backendInfo.RRSCParity,
+			}
+		} else {
+			backend = madmin.FSBackend{
+				Type: madmin.FsType,
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	mode := "online"
-	server := getLocalServerProperty(globalEndpoints, r)
-	servers := globalNotificationSys.ServerInfo()
-	servers = append(servers, server)
-
 	domain := globalDomainNames
 	services := madmin.Services{
 		Vault:         vault,
@@ -1568,25 +1582,6 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) ServerInfoHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		Notifications: notifyTarget,
 	}
 
-	// find all disks which belong to each respective endpoints
-	for i := range servers {
-		for _, disk := range storageInfo.Disks {
-			if strings.Contains(disk.Endpoint, servers[i].Endpoint) {
-				servers[i].Disks = append(servers[i].Disks, disk)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// add all the disks local to this server.
-	for _, disk := range storageInfo.Disks {
-		if disk.DrivePath == "" && disk.Endpoint == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if disk.Endpoint == disk.DrivePath {
-			servers[len(servers)-1].Disks = append(servers[len(servers)-1].Disks, disk)
-		}
-	}
-
 	infoMsg := madmin.InfoMessage{
 		Mode:         mode,
 		Domain:       domain,
diff --git a/cmd/admin-server-info.go b/cmd/admin-server-info.go
index d8e67271c..aef2b178b 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-server-info.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-server-info.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 // getLocalServerProperty - returns madmin.ServerProperties for only the
 // local endpoints from given list of endpoints
 func getLocalServerProperty(endpointServerPools EndpointServerPools, r *http.Request) madmin.ServerProperties {
+	var localEndpoints Endpoints
 	addr := r.Host
 	if globalIsDistErasure {
 		addr = GetLocalPeer(endpointServerPools)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func getLocalServerProperty(endpointServerPools EndpointServerPools, r *http.Req
 			if endpoint.IsLocal {
 				// Only proceed for local endpoints
 				network[nodeName] = "online"
+				localEndpoints = append(localEndpoints, endpoint)
 				continue
 			}
 			_, present := network[nodeName]
@@ -52,6 +54,11 @@ func getLocalServerProperty(endpointServerPools EndpointServerPools, r *http.Req
 		}
 	}
 
+	localDisks, _ := initStorageDisksWithErrors(localEndpoints)
+	defer closeStorageDisks(localDisks)
+
+	storageInfo, _ := getStorageInfo(localDisks, localEndpoints.GetAllStrings())
+
 	return madmin.ServerProperties{
 		State:    "ok",
 		Endpoint: addr,
@@ -59,5 +66,6 @@ func getLocalServerProperty(endpointServerPools EndpointServerPools, r *http.Req
 		Version:  Version,
 		CommitID: CommitID,
 		Network:  network,
+		Disks:    storageInfo.Disks,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/endpoint.go b/cmd/endpoint.go
index bfc96d944..62ea1d0eb 100644
--- a/cmd/endpoint.go
+++ b/cmd/endpoint.go
@@ -353,6 +353,14 @@ func (endpoints Endpoints) GetString(i int) string {
 	return endpoints[i].String()
 }
 
+// GetAllStrings - returns allstring of all endpoints
+func (endpoints Endpoints) GetAllStrings() (all []string) {
+	for _, e := range endpoints {
+		all = append(all, e.String())
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func hostResolveToLocalhost(endpoint Endpoint) bool {
 	hostIPs, err := getHostIP(endpoint.Hostname())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-server-sets.go
index 6c9181937..1fe124e0d 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-sets.go
@@ -273,9 +273,24 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (z *erasureServerPools) BackendInfo() (b BackendInfo) {
+	b.Type = BackendErasure
+
+	scParity := globalStorageClass.GetParityForSC(storageclass.STANDARD)
+	if scParity == 0 {
+		scParity = z.SetDriveCount() / 2
+	}
+	b.StandardSCData = z.SetDriveCount() - scParity
+	b.StandardSCParity = scParity
+
+	rrSCParity := globalStorageClass.GetParityForSC(storageclass.RRS)
+	b.RRSCData = z.SetDriveCount() - rrSCParity
+	b.RRSCParity = rrSCParity
+	return
+}
+
 func (z *erasureServerPools) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, local bool) (StorageInfo, []error) {
 	var storageInfo StorageInfo
-	storageInfo.Backend.Type = BackendErasure
 
 	storageInfos := make([]StorageInfo, len(z.serverPools))
 	storageInfosErrs := make([][]error, len(z.serverPools))
@@ -291,23 +306,11 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, local bool) (Stora
 	// Wait for the go routines.
 	g.Wait()
 
+	storageInfo.Backend = z.BackendInfo()
 	for _, lstorageInfo := range storageInfos {
 		storageInfo.Disks = append(storageInfo.Disks, lstorageInfo.Disks...)
-		storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks)
-		storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks)
-	}
-
-	scParity := globalStorageClass.GetParityForSC(storageclass.STANDARD)
-	if scParity == 0 {
-		scParity = z.SetDriveCount() / 2
 	}
 
-	storageInfo.Backend.StandardSCData = z.SetDriveCount() - scParity
-	storageInfo.Backend.StandardSCParity = scParity
-	rrSCParity := globalStorageClass.GetParityForSC(storageclass.RRS)
-	storageInfo.Backend.RRSCData = z.SetDriveCount() - rrSCParity
-	storageInfo.Backend.RRSCParity = rrSCParity
-
 	var errs []error
 	for i := range z.serverPools {
 		errs = append(errs, storageInfosErrs[i]...)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index 7c4ebff00..472362cab 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -491,8 +491,6 @@ func (s *erasureSets) StorageUsageInfo(ctx context.Context) StorageInfo {
 
 		for _, lstorageInfo := range storageInfos {
 			storageInfo.Disks = append(storageInfo.Disks, lstorageInfo.Disks...)
-			storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks)
-			storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks)
 		}
 
 		return storageInfo
@@ -530,8 +528,6 @@ func (s *erasureSets) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, local bool) (StorageInfo,
 
 	for _, lstorageInfo := range storageInfos {
 		storageInfo.Disks = append(storageInfo.Disks, lstorageInfo.Disks...)
-		storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks)
-		storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks = storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Merge(lstorageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks)
 	}
 
 	if local {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index 2fc168044..e2ba9bbd8 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -109,13 +109,12 @@ func diskErrToDriveState(err error) (state string) {
 	return
 }
 
-// getDisksInfo - fetch disks info across all other storage API.
-func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Disk, errs []error, onlineDisks, offlineDisks madmin.BackendDisks) {
-	disksInfo = make([]madmin.Disk, len(disks))
+func getOnlineOfflineDisksStats(disksInfo []madmin.Disk) (onlineDisks, offlineDisks madmin.BackendDisks) {
 	onlineDisks = make(madmin.BackendDisks)
 	offlineDisks = make(madmin.BackendDisks)
 
-	for _, ep := range endpoints {
+	for _, disk := range disksInfo {
+		ep := disk.Endpoint
 		if _, ok := offlineDisks[ep]; !ok {
 			offlineDisks[ep] = 0
 		}
@@ -124,6 +123,47 @@ func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Di
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Wait for the routines.
+	for _, disk := range disksInfo {
+		ep := disk.Endpoint
+		state := disk.State
+		if state != madmin.DriveStateOk && state != madmin.DriveStateUnformatted {
+			offlineDisks[ep]++
+			continue
+		}
+		onlineDisks[ep]++
+	}
+
+	rootDiskCount := 0
+	for _, di := range disksInfo {
+		if di.RootDisk {
+			rootDiskCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Count offline disks as well to ensure consistent
+	// reportability of offline drives on local setups.
+	if len(disksInfo) == (rootDiskCount + offlineDisks.Sum()) {
+		// Success.
+		return onlineDisks, offlineDisks
+	}
+
+	// Root disk should be considered offline
+	for i := range disksInfo {
+		ep := disksInfo[i].Endpoint
+		if disksInfo[i].RootDisk {
+			offlineDisks[ep]++
+			onlineDisks[ep]--
+		}
+	}
+
+	return onlineDisks, offlineDisks
+}
+
+// getDisksInfo - fetch disks info across all other storage API.
+func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Disk, errs []error) {
+	disksInfo = make([]madmin.Disk, len(disks))
+
 	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(disks))
 	for index := range disks {
 		index := index
@@ -157,46 +197,12 @@ func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Di
 		}, index)
 	}
 
-	errs = g.Wait()
-	// Wait for the routines.
-	for i, diskInfoErr := range errs {
-		ep := disksInfo[i].Endpoint
-		if diskInfoErr != nil && !errors.Is(diskInfoErr, errUnformattedDisk) {
-			offlineDisks[ep]++
-			continue
-		}
-		onlineDisks[ep]++
-	}
-
-	rootDiskCount := 0
-	for _, di := range disksInfo {
-		if di.RootDisk {
-			rootDiskCount++
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Count offline disks as well to ensure consistent
-	// reportability of offline drives on local setups.
-	if len(disksInfo) == (rootDiskCount + offlineDisks.Sum()) {
-		// Success.
-		return disksInfo, errs, onlineDisks, offlineDisks
-	}
-
-	// Root disk should be considered offline
-	for i := range disksInfo {
-		ep := disksInfo[i].Endpoint
-		if disksInfo[i].RootDisk {
-			offlineDisks[ep]++
-			onlineDisks[ep]--
-		}
-	}
-
-	return disksInfo, errs, onlineDisks, offlineDisks
+	return disksInfo, g.Wait()
 }
 
 // Get an aggregated storage info across all disks.
 func getStorageInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (StorageInfo, []error) {
-	disksInfo, errs, onlineDisks, offlineDisks := getDisksInfo(disks, endpoints)
+	disksInfo, errs := getDisksInfo(disks, endpoints)
 
 	// Sort so that the first element is the smallest.
 	sort.Sort(byDiskTotal(disksInfo))
@@ -206,9 +212,6 @@ func getStorageInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (StorageInfo, []erro
 	}
 
 	storageInfo.Backend.Type = BackendErasure
-	storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks = onlineDisks
-	storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks = offlineDisks
-
 	return storageInfo, errs
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 39c3c5a47..28a99a297 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return fsRemoveAll(ctx, pathJoin(fs.fsPath, minioMetaTmpBucket, fs.fsUUID))
 }
 
+// BackendInfo - returns backend information
+func (fs *FSObjects) BackendInfo() BackendInfo {
+	return BackendInfo{Type: BackendFS}
+}
+
 // StorageInfo - returns underlying storage statistics.
 func (fs *FSObjects) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, _ bool) (StorageInfo, []error) {
 
diff --git a/cmd/gateway-unsupported.go b/cmd/gateway-unsupported.go
index 801e4450b..af755caaf 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway-unsupported.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway-unsupported.go
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ import (
 // GatewayUnsupported list of unsupported call stubs for gateway.
 type GatewayUnsupported struct{}
 
+// BackendInfo returns the underlying backend information
+func (a GatewayUnsupported) BackendInfo() BackendInfo {
+	return BackendInfo{Type: BackendGateway}
+}
+
 // CrawlAndGetDataUsage - crawl is not implemented for gateway
 func (a GatewayUnsupported) CrawlAndGetDataUsage(ctx context.Context, bf *bloomFilter, updates chan<- DataUsageInfo) error {
 	logger.CriticalIf(ctx, errors.New("not implemented"))
diff --git a/cmd/metrics.go b/cmd/metrics.go
index 21d82fef5..d680e6494 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics.go
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@ func storageMetricsPrometheus(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	// Fetch disk space info, ignore errors
 	storageInfo, _ := objLayer.StorageInfo(GlobalContext, true)
 
-	offlineDisks := storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks
-	onlineDisks := storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks
+	onlineDisks, offlineDisks := getOnlineOfflineDisksStats(storageInfo.Disks)
 	totalDisks := offlineDisks.Merge(onlineDisks)
 
 	// MinIO Offline Disks per node
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
index c9d585118..b129c8bb7 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-datatypes.go
@@ -42,26 +42,25 @@ const (
 	// Add your own backend.
 )
 
+// BackendInfo - contains info of the underlying backend
+type BackendInfo struct {
+	// Represents various backend types, currently on FS, Erasure and Gateway
+	Type BackendType
+
+	// Following fields are only meaningful if BackendType is Gateway.
+	GatewayOnline bool
+
+	// Following fields are only meaningful if BackendType is Erasure.
+	StandardSCData   int // Data disks for currently configured Standard storage class.
+	StandardSCParity int // Parity disks for currently configured Standard storage class.
+	RRSCData         int // Data disks for currently configured Reduced Redundancy storage class.
+	RRSCParity       int // Parity disks for currently configured Reduced Redundancy storage class.
+}
+
 // StorageInfo - represents total capacity of underlying storage.
 type StorageInfo struct {
-	Disks []madmin.Disk
-
-	// Backend type.
-	Backend struct {
-		// Represents various backend types, currently on FS, Erasure and Gateway
-		Type BackendType
-
-		// Following fields are only meaningful if BackendType is Gateway.
-		GatewayOnline bool
-
-		// Following fields are only meaningful if BackendType is Erasure.
-		OnlineDisks      madmin.BackendDisks // Online disks during server startup.
-		OfflineDisks     madmin.BackendDisks // Offline disks during server startup.
-		StandardSCData   int                 // Data disks for currently configured Standard storage class.
-		StandardSCParity int                 // Parity disks for currently configured Standard storage class.
-		RRSCData         int                 // Data disks for currently configured Reduced Redundancy storage class.
-		RRSCParity       int                 // Parity disks for currently configured Reduced Redundancy storage class.
-	}
+	Disks   []madmin.Disk
+	Backend BackendInfo
 }
 
 // objectHistogramInterval is an interval that will be
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-interface.go b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
index 9a3c04370..6ad574f9e 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-interface.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-interface.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ type ObjectLayer interface {
 	// Storage operations.
 	Shutdown(context.Context) error
 	CrawlAndGetDataUsage(ctx context.Context, bf *bloomFilter, updates chan<- DataUsageInfo) error
+
+	BackendInfo() BackendInfo
 	StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, local bool) (StorageInfo, []error) // local queries only local disks
 
 	// Bucket operations.
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
index 3f0adb9de..d08ae0899 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
@@ -205,12 +205,13 @@ func printObjectAPIMsg() {
 func getStorageInfoMsg(storageInfo StorageInfo) string {
 	var msg string
 	var mcMessage string
+	onlineDisks, offlineDisks := getOnlineOfflineDisksStats(storageInfo.Disks)
 	if storageInfo.Backend.Type == BackendErasure {
-		if storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Sum() > 0 {
+		if offlineDisks.Sum() > 0 {
 			mcMessage = "Use `mc admin info` to look for latest server/disk info\n"
 		}
 
-		diskInfo := fmt.Sprintf(" %d Online, %d Offline. ", storageInfo.Backend.OnlineDisks.Sum(), storageInfo.Backend.OfflineDisks.Sum())
+		diskInfo := fmt.Sprintf(" %d Online, %d Offline. ", onlineDisks.Sum(), offlineDisks.Sum())
 		msg += color.Blue("Status:") + fmt.Sprintf(getFormatStr(len(diskInfo), 8), diskInfo)
 		if len(mcMessage) > 0 {
 			msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", mcMessage, msg)
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
index e085b39cc..a9e7b2516 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ import (
 // Tests if we generate storage info.
 func TestStorageInfoMsg(t *testing.T) {
 	infoStorage := StorageInfo{}
+	infoStorage.Disks = []madmin.Disk{
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9000/data/1/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9000/data/2/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9000/data/3/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9000/data/4/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9001/data/1/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9001/data/2/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9001/data/3/", State: madmin.DriveStateOk},
+		{Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9001/data/4/", State: madmin.DriveStateOffline},
+	}
 	infoStorage.Backend.Type = BackendErasure
-	infoStorage.Backend.OnlineDisks = madmin.BackendDisks{"127.0.0.1:9000": 4, "127.0.0.1:9001": 3}
-	infoStorage.Backend.OfflineDisks = madmin.BackendDisks{"127.0.0.1:9000": 0, "127.0.0.1:9001": 1}
 
 	if msg := getStorageInfoMsg(infoStorage); !strings.Contains(msg, "7 Online, 1 Offline") {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected storage info message, found:", msg)
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/info-commands.go b/pkg/madmin/info-commands.go
index 66087c560..5bcb13401 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/info-commands.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/info-commands.go
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ const (
 	// Add your own backend.
 )
 
+// ObjectLayerState - represents the status of the object layer
+type ObjectLayerState string
+
+const (
+	// ObjectLayerInitializing indicates that the object layer is still in initialization phase
+	ObjectLayerInitializing = ObjectLayerState("initializing")
+	// ObjectLayerOnline indicates that the object layer is ready
+	ObjectLayerOnline = ObjectLayerState("online")
+)
+
 // StorageInfo - represents total capacity of underlying storage.
 type StorageInfo struct {
 	Disks []Disk
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ func (adm *AdminClient) DataUsageInfo(ctx context.Context) (DataUsageInfo, error
 
 // InfoMessage container to hold server admin related information.
 type InfoMessage struct {
-	Mode         string             `json:"mode,omitempty"`
+	Mode         ObjectLayerState   `json:"mode,omitempty"`
 	Domain       []string           `json:"domain,omitempty"`
 	Region       string             `json:"region,omitempty"`
 	SQSARN       []string           `json:"sqsARN,omitempty"`