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+/**
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.datatransfer.PipelineAck;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class TestDataNodeECN {
+  @Test
+  public void testECNFlag() throws IOException {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_PIPELINE_ECN_ENABLED, true);
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+    try {
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(1).build();
+      PipelineAck.ECN ecn = cluster.getDataNodes().get(0).getECN();
+      Assert.assertNotEquals(PipelineAck.ECN.DISABLED, ecn);
+    } finally {
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        cluster.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}