diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.java
index 90023bc565..07d3f0d719 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.NotifyObjectCreationStageRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.ContainerInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneProtos;
@@ -117,4 +118,12 @@ Pipeline createReplicationPipeline(OzoneProtos.ReplicationType type,
    * @throws IOException
    */
   void closeContainer(String containerName) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns information about SCM.
+   *
+   * @return {@link ScmInfo}
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  ScmInfo getScmInfo() throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
index c47abd4691..061f0fe359 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmBlockLocationsRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.ScmLocatedBlockProto;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.KeyBlocks;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmInfo;
@@ -185,9 +183,9 @@ public List<DeleteBlockGroupResult> deleteKeyBlocks(
    */
   @Override
   public ScmInfo getScmInfo() throws IOException {
-    GetScmInfoRequestProto request =
-        GetScmInfoRequestProto.getDefaultInstance();
-    GetScmInfoRespsonseProto resp;
+    OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto request =
+        OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto.getDefaultInstance();
+    OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto resp;
     try {
       resp = rpcProxy.getScmInfo(NULL_RPC_CONTROLLER, request);
     } catch (ServiceException e) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
index 53fd20283c..0ac322de9c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtocolTranslator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneProtos;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.ContainerInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.StorageContainerLocationProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.CloseContainerRequestProto;
@@ -287,6 +288,23 @@ public void closeContainer(String containerName) throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ScmInfo getScmInfo() throws IOException {
+    OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto request =
+        OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto.getDefaultInstance();
+    try {
+      OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto resp = rpcProxy.getScmInfo(
+          NULL_RPC_CONTROLLER, request);
+      ScmInfo.Builder builder = new ScmInfo.Builder()
+          .setClusterId(resp.getClusterId())
+          .setScmId(resp.getScmId());
+      return builder.build();
+    } catch (ServiceException e) {
+      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+    }
+
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Object getUnderlyingProxyObject() {
     return rpcProxy;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/Ozone.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/Ozone.proto
index 29bc284c2f..cf5a1e98ad 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/Ozone.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/Ozone.proto
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ message SCMContainerInfo {
     optional Owner owner = 8 [default = OZONE];
 }
 
+message GetScmInfoRequestProto {
+}
+
+message GetScmInfoRespsonseProto {
+    required string clusterId = 1;
+    required string scmId = 2;
+}
+
+
 enum ReplicationType {
     RATIS = 1;
     STAND_ALONE = 2;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.proto
index b6fd1bd524..8a6359b908 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.proto
@@ -131,20 +131,6 @@ message AllocateScmBlockResponseProto {
   optional string errorMessage = 5;
 }
 
-/**
- * Request for cluster Id and SCM Id from SCM.
- */
-message GetScmInfoRequestProto {
-}
-
-/**
- * Response from SCM for cluster Id and SCM ID.
- */
-message GetScmInfoRespsonseProto {
-    required string clusterId = 1;
-    required string scmId = 2;
-}
-
 /**
  * Protocol used from KeySpaceManager to StorageContainerManager.
  * See request and response messages for details of the RPC calls.
@@ -174,6 +160,6 @@ service ScmBlockLocationProtocolService {
   /**
    * Gets the scmInfo from SCM.
    */
-  rpc getScmInfo(GetScmInfoRequestProto)
-      returns (GetScmInfoRespsonseProto);
+  rpc getScmInfo(hadoop.hdfs.ozone.GetScmInfoRequestProto)
+      returns (hadoop.hdfs.ozone.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.proto
index 735d5bc4c2..e65f51be6b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/StorageContainerLocationProtocol.proto
@@ -211,4 +211,10 @@ service StorageContainerLocationProtocolService {
   */
   rpc allocatePipeline(PipelineRequestProto)
       returns (PipelineResponseProto);
+
+  /**
+  *  Returns information about SCM.
+  */
+  rpc getScmInfo(hadoop.hdfs.ozone.GetScmInfoRequestProto)
+      returns (hadoop.hdfs.ozone.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index 9bf1e8dbb7..9bdfe983f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/ScmBlockLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.protobuf.ServiceException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.BlockGroup;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.DeleteKeyBlocksResultProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.DeleteBlockGroupResult;
@@ -44,10 +45,6 @@
     .ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.ScmLocatedBlockProto;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
-    .ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
-    .ScmBlockLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -155,15 +152,16 @@ public DeleteScmKeyBlocksResponseProto deleteScmKeyBlocks(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GetScmInfoRespsonseProto getScmInfo(RpcController controller,
-      GetScmInfoRequestProto req) throws ServiceException {
+  public OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto getScmInfo(
+      RpcController controller, OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto req)
+      throws ServiceException {
     ScmInfo scmInfo;
     try {
       scmInfo = impl.getScmInfo();
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       throw new ServiceException(ex);
     }
-    return GetScmInfoRespsonseProto.newBuilder()
+    return OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto.newBuilder()
         .setClusterId(scmInfo.getClusterId())
         .setScmId(scmInfo.getScmId())
         .build();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index f73bf22e71..df1fa40418 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.ContainerInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.StorageContainerLocationProtocol;
 
@@ -195,4 +196,20 @@ public PipelineResponseProto allocatePipeline(
     // TODO : Wiring this up requires one more patch.
     return null;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto getScmInfo(
+      RpcController controller, OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRequestProto req)
+      throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      ScmInfo scmInfo = impl.getScmInfo();
+      return OzoneProtos.GetScmInfoRespsonseProto.newBuilder()
+          .setClusterId(scmInfo.getClusterId())
+          .setScmId(scmInfo.getScmId())
+          .build();
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      throw new ServiceException(ex);
+    }
+
+  }
 }