HBASE-9847 HConnectionImplementation does not connect to new active master (rajeshbabu)

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HBASE-9842 Backport HBASE-9593 and HBASE-8667 to 0.94 (rajeshbabu)

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Merge remote branch 'origin/0.94' into 0.94-gd
Merge remote branch 'origin/0.94-gd' into fb-YAHOO-323-0.94-gd