diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
index 745982f4f90..526d6b7aafe 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ public final class ScmConfigKeys {
   public static final String OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_PLACEMENT_IMPL_KEY =
       "ozone.scm.container.placement.impl";
 
+  public static final String OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_PROVISION_BATCH_SIZE =
+      "ozone.scm.container.provision_batch_size";
+  public static final int OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_PROVISION_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT = 10;
+
   /**
    * Never constructed.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/container/common/helpers/AllocatedBlock.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/container/common/helpers/AllocatedBlock.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f51336faf96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/container/common/helpers/AllocatedBlock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      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.scm.container.common.helpers;
+
+/**
+ * Allocated block wraps the result returned from SCM#allocateBlock which
+ * contains a Pipeline and the key.
+ */
+public final class AllocatedBlock {
+  private Pipeline pipeline;
+  private String key;
+  // Indicates whether the client should create container before writing block.
+  private boolean shouldCreateContainer;
+
+  /**
+   * Builder for AllocatedBlock.
+   */
+  public static class Builder {
+    private Pipeline pipeline;
+    private String key;
+    private boolean shouldCreateContainer;
+
+    public Builder setPipeline(Pipeline p) {
+      this.pipeline = p;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setKey(String k) {
+      this.key = k;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setShouldCreateContainer(boolean shouldCreate) {
+      this.shouldCreateContainer = shouldCreate;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public AllocatedBlock build() {
+      return new AllocatedBlock(pipeline, key, shouldCreateContainer);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private AllocatedBlock(Pipeline pipeline, String key,
+      boolean shouldCreateContainer) {
+    this.pipeline = pipeline;
+    this.key = key;
+    this.shouldCreateContainer = shouldCreateContainer;
+  }
+
+  public Pipeline getPipeline() {
+    return pipeline;
+  }
+
+  public String getKey() {
+    return key;
+  }
+
+  public boolean getCreateContainer() {
+    return shouldCreateContainer;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bdfd573389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmBlockLocationProtocol.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     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.scm.protocol;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
+
+/**
+ * ScmBlockLocationProtocol is used by an HDFS node to find the set of nodes
+ * to read/write a block.
+ */
+public interface ScmBlockLocationProtocol {
+
+  /**
+   * Find the set of nodes to read/write a block, as
+   * identified by the block key.  This method supports batch lookup by
+   * passing multiple keys.
+   *
+   * @param keys batch of block keys to find
+   * @return allocated blocks for each block key
+   * @throws IOException if there is any failure
+   */
+  Set<AllocatedBlock> getBlockLocations(Set<String> keys)
+      throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Asks SCM where a block should be allocated. SCM responds with the
+   * set of datanodes that should be used creating this block.
+   * @param size - size of the block.
+   * @return allocated block accessing info (key, pipeline).
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  AllocatedBlock allocateBlock(long size) throws IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmLocatedBlock.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmLocatedBlock.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e4b3d669ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/scm/protocol/ScmLocatedBlock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     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.scm.protocol;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Holds the nodes that currently host the block for a block key.
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+public final class ScmLocatedBlock {
+  private final String key;
+  private final List<DatanodeInfo> locations;
+  private final DatanodeInfo leader;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a ScmLocatedBlock.
+   *
+   * @param key object key
+   * @param locations nodes that currently host the block
+   * @param leader node that currently acts as pipeline leader
+   */
+  public ScmLocatedBlock(final String key, final List<DatanodeInfo> locations,
+      final DatanodeInfo leader) {
+    this.key = key;
+    this.locations = locations;
+    this.leader = leader;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the object key.
+   *
+   * @return object key
+   */
+  public String getKey() {
+    return this.key;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the node that currently acts as pipeline leader.
+   *
+   * @return node that currently acts as pipeline leader
+   */
+  public DatanodeInfo getLeader() {
+    return this.leader;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the nodes that currently host the block.
+   *
+   * @return List<DatanodeInfo> nodes that currently host the block
+   */
+  public List<DatanodeInfo> getLocations() {
+    return this.locations;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object otherObj) {
+    if (otherObj == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!(otherObj instanceof ScmLocatedBlock)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    ScmLocatedBlock other = (ScmLocatedBlock)otherObj;
+    return this.key == null ? other.key == null : this.key.equals(other.key);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return key.hashCode();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return getClass().getSimpleName() + "{key=" + key + "; locations="
+        + locations.stream().map(loc -> loc.toString()).collect(Collectors
+            .joining(",")) + "; leader=" + leader + "}";
+  }
+}
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 5582f2499eb..f3ad7ddd908 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
@@ -84,6 +84,54 @@ message ContainerResponseProto {
   optional string errorMessage = 3;
 }
 
+// SCM Block protocol
+/**
+ * keys - batch of block keys to find
+ */
+message GetScmBlockLocationsRequestProto {
+  repeated string keys = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * locatedBlocks - for each requested hash, nodes that currently host the
+ *     container for that object key hash
+ */
+message GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto {
+  repeated ScmLocatedBlockProto locatedBlocks = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Holds the nodes that currently host the blocks for a key.
+ */
+message ScmLocatedBlockProto {
+  required string key = 1;
+  required hadoop.hdfs.ozone.Pipeline pipeline = 2;
+}
+
+/**
+* Request send to SCM asking allocate block of specified size.
+*/
+message AllocateScmBlockRequestProto {
+  required uint64 size = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reply from SCM indicating that the container.
+ */
+message AllocateScmBlockResponseProto {
+  enum Error {
+    success = 1;
+    errorNotEnoughSpace = 2;
+    errorSizeTooBig = 3;
+    unknownFailure = 4;
+  }
+  required Error errorCode = 1;
+  required string key = 2;
+  required hadoop.hdfs.ozone.Pipeline pipeline = 3;
+  required bool createContainer = 4;
+  optional string errorMessage = 5;
+}
+
 /**
  * Protocol used from an HDFS node to StorageContainerManager.  See the request
  * and response messages for details of the RPC calls.
@@ -102,4 +150,18 @@ service StorageContainerLocationProtocolService {
    */
   rpc allocateContainer(ContainerRequestProto) returns (ContainerResponseProto);
 
+
+  /**
+   * Find the set of nodes that currently host the block, as
+   * identified by the key.  This method supports batch lookup by
+   * passing multiple keys.
+   */
+  rpc getScmBlockLocations(GetScmBlockLocationsRequestProto)
+      returns(GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto);
+
+  /**
+   Creates a block entry in SCM.
+   */
+  rpc allocateScmBlock(AllocateScmBlockRequestProto)
+      returns (AllocateScmBlockResponseProto);
 }
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 b634e56f5ea..619bc67abd6 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
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ import com.google.protobuf.ServiceException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.PBHelperClient;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.LocatedContainer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.ScmBlockLocationProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.StorageContainerLocationProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos;
@@ -37,11 +39,21 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos
     .GetStorageContainerLocationsResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos
+    .ScmLocatedBlockProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.LocatedContainerProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.ContainerResponseProto;
-
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.AllocateScmBlockRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.AllocateScmBlockResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmBlockLocationsRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos.GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocolPB.StorageContainerLocationProtocolPB;
 
@@ -55,6 +67,7 @@ public final class StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB
     implements StorageContainerLocationProtocolPB {
 
   private final StorageContainerLocationProtocol impl;
+  private final ScmBlockLocationProtocol blockImpl;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.
@@ -62,8 +75,10 @@ public final class StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB
    * @param impl {@link StorageContainerLocationProtocol} server implementation
    */
   public StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(
-      StorageContainerLocationProtocol impl) {
+      StorageContainerLocationProtocol impl,
+      ScmBlockLocationProtocol blockImpl) throws IOException {
     this.impl = impl;
+    this.blockImpl = blockImpl;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -114,4 +129,57 @@ public final class StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB
       throw new ServiceException(e);
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto getScmBlockLocations(
+      RpcController controller, GetScmBlockLocationsRequestProto req)
+      throws ServiceException {
+    Set<String> keys = Sets.newLinkedHashSetWithExpectedSize(
+        req.getKeysCount());
+    for (String key : req.getKeysList()) {
+      keys.add(key);
+    }
+    final Set<AllocatedBlock> blocks;
+    try {
+      blocks = blockImpl.getBlockLocations(keys);
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      throw new ServiceException(ex);
+    }
+    GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto.Builder resp =
+        GetScmBlockLocationsResponseProto.newBuilder();
+    for (AllocatedBlock block: blocks) {
+      ScmLocatedBlockProto.Builder locatedBlock =
+          ScmLocatedBlockProto.newBuilder()
+              .setKey(block.getKey())
+              .setPipeline(block.getPipeline().getProtobufMessage());
+      resp.addLocatedBlocks(locatedBlock.build());
+    }
+    return resp.build();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public AllocateScmBlockResponseProto allocateScmBlock(
+      RpcController controller, AllocateScmBlockRequestProto request)
+      throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      AllocatedBlock allocatedBlock =
+          blockImpl.allocateBlock(request.getSize());
+      if (allocatedBlock != null) {
+        return StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos
+            .AllocateScmBlockResponseProto.newBuilder()
+            .setKey(allocatedBlock.getKey())
+            .setPipeline(allocatedBlock.getPipeline().getProtobufMessage())
+            .setCreateContainer(allocatedBlock.getCreateContainer())
+            .setErrorCode(AllocateScmBlockResponseProto.Error.success)
+            .build();
+      } else {
+        return StorageContainerLocationProtocolProtos
+            .AllocateScmBlockResponseProto.newBuilder()
+            .setErrorCode(AllocateScmBlockResponseProto.Error.unknownFailure)
+            .build();
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ServiceException(e);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/StorageContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/StorageContainerManager.java
index f3112c9a82d..ead8649807d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/StorageContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/StorageContainerManager.java
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.util.MBeans;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneClientUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.block.BlockManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.block.BlockManagerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.client.ScmClient;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.ScmBlockLocationProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.LocatedContainer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.StorageContainerDatanodeProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.StorageContainerLocationProtocol;
@@ -80,12 +84,13 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import javax.management.ObjectName;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmConfigKeys
     .OZONE_SCM_CLIENT_ADDRESS_KEY;
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil.terminate;
 @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "CBLOCK", "OZONE", "HBASE"})
 public class StorageContainerManager
     implements StorageContainerDatanodeProtocol,
-    StorageContainerLocationProtocol, SCMMXBean {
+    StorageContainerLocationProtocol, ScmBlockLocationProtocol, SCMMXBean{
 
   private static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(StorageContainerManager.class);
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ public class StorageContainerManager
    */
   private final NodeManager scmNodeManager;
   private final Mapping scmContainerManager;
+  private final BlockManager scmBlockManager;
 
   /** The RPC server that listens to requests from DataNodes. */
   private final RPC.Server datanodeRpcServer;
@@ -153,6 +159,8 @@ public class StorageContainerManager
     // TODO : Fix the ClusterID generation code.
     scmNodeManager = new SCMNodeManager(conf, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
     scmContainerManager = new ContainerMapping(conf, scmNodeManager, cacheSize);
+    scmBlockManager = new BlockManagerImpl(conf, scmNodeManager,
+        scmContainerManager, cacheSize);
 
     RPC.setProtocolEngine(conf, StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolPB.class,
         ProtobufRpcEngine.class);
@@ -176,7 +184,7 @@ public class StorageContainerManager
             .StorageContainerLocationProtocolService
             .newReflectiveBlockingService(
                 new StorageContainerLocationProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(
-                    this));
+                    this, this));
 
     final InetSocketAddress scmAddress =
         OzoneClientUtils.getScmClientBindAddress(conf);
@@ -431,6 +439,7 @@ public class StorageContainerManager
     datanodeRpcServer.stop();
     unregisterMXBean();
     IOUtils.closeQuietly(scmContainerManager);
+    IOUtils.closeQuietly(scmBlockManager);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -540,4 +549,36 @@ public class StorageContainerManager
     return scmNodeManager;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get block locations.
+   * @param keys batch of block keys to retrieve.
+   * @return set of allocated blocks.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Set<AllocatedBlock> getBlockLocations(final Set<String> keys)
+      throws IOException {
+    Set<AllocatedBlock> locatedBlocks = new HashSet<>();
+    for (String key: keys) {
+      Pipeline pipeline = scmBlockManager.getBlock(key);
+      AllocatedBlock block = new AllocatedBlock.Builder()
+          .setKey(key)
+          .setPipeline(pipeline).build();
+      locatedBlocks.add(block);
+    }
+    return locatedBlocks;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asks SCM where a block should be allocated. SCM responds with the set
+   * of datanodes and leader that should be used creating this block.
+   *
+   * @param size - size of the block.
+   * @return - allocated block accessing info (key, pipeline and leader).
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public AllocatedBlock allocateBlock(final long size) throws IOException {
+    return scmBlockManager.allocateBlock(size);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1487fc7382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * 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.ozone.scm.block;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *  Block APIs.
+ *  Container is transparent to these APIs.
+ */
+public interface BlockManager extends Closeable {
+  /**
+   *  Allocates a new block for a given size.
+   * @param size - size of the block to be allocated
+   * @return - the allocated pipeline and key for the block
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  AllocatedBlock allocateBlock(long size) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   *  Give the key to the block, get the pipeline info.
+   * @param key - key to the block.
+   * @return - Pipeline that used to access the block.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  Pipeline getBlock(String key) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Given a key of the block, delete the block.
+   * @param key - key of the block.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  void deleteBlock(String key) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0d2d089abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * 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.ozone.scm.block;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.NotImplementedException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.Mapping;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.node.NodeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
+import org.apache.hadoop.utils.LevelDBStore;
+import org.iq80.leveldb.DBIterator;
+import org.iq80.leveldb.Options;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.CHILL_MODE_EXCEPTION;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.FAILED_TO_ALLOCATE_CONTAINER;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER_WITH_SAPCE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.FAILED_TO_LOAD_OPEN_CONTAINER;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException
+    .ResultCodes.INVALID_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+/**
+ * Block Manager manages the block access for SCM.
+ */
+public class BlockManagerImpl implements BlockManager {
+  private static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(BlockManagerImpl.class);
+
+  private final NodeManager nodeManager;
+  private final Mapping containerManager;
+  private final LevelDBStore blockStore;
+
+  private final Lock lock;
+  private final long containerSize;
+  private final long cacheSize;
+
+  private final LevelDBStore openContainerStore;
+  private Map<String, Long> openContainers;
+  private final int containerProvisionBatchSize;
+  private final Random rand;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   * @param conf - configuration.
+   * @param nodeManager - node manager.
+   * @param containerManager - container manager.
+   * @param cacheSizeMB - cache size for level db store.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public BlockManagerImpl(final Configuration conf,
+      final NodeManager nodeManager, final Mapping containerManager,
+      final int cacheSizeMB) throws IOException {
+    this.nodeManager = nodeManager;
+    this.containerManager = containerManager;
+    this.cacheSize = cacheSizeMB;
+    String scmMetaDataDir = conf.get(OzoneConfigKeys
+        .OZONE_CONTAINER_METADATA_DIRS);
+    if ((scmMetaDataDir == null) || (scmMetaDataDir.isEmpty())) {
+      throw
+          new IllegalArgumentException("SCM metadata directory is not valid.");
+    }
+    Options options = new Options();
+    options.cacheSize(this.cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);
+    options.createIfMissing();
+
+    // Write the block key to container name mapping.
+    File blockContainerDbPath = new File(scmMetaDataDir, "block.db");
+    blockStore = new LevelDBStore(blockContainerDbPath, options);
+
+    this.containerSize = OzoneConsts.GB * conf.getInt(
+        ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_SIZE_GB,
+        ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+
+    // Load store of all open contains for block allocation
+    File openContainsDbPath = new File(scmMetaDataDir, "openContainers.db");
+    openContainerStore = new LevelDBStore(openContainsDbPath, options);
+    openContainers = new HashMap<>();
+    loadOpenContainers();
+
+    this.containerProvisionBatchSize = conf.getInt(
+        ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_PROVISION_BATCH_SIZE,
+        ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_CONTAINER_PROVISION_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    rand = new Random();
+    this.lock = new ReentrantLock();
+  }
+
+  // TODO: close full (or almost full) containers with a separate thread.
+  /**
+   * Load open containers from persistent store.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  private void loadOpenContainers() throws IOException {
+    try (DBIterator iter = openContainerStore.getIterator()) {
+      for (iter.seekToFirst(); iter.hasNext(); iter.next()) {
+        try {
+          byte[] key = iter.peekNext().getKey();
+          String containerName = DFSUtil.bytes2String(key);
+          byte[] value = iter.peekNext().getValue();
+          Long containerUsed = Long.parseLong(DFSUtil.bytes2String(value));
+          openContainers.put(containerName, containerUsed);
+          LOG.debug("Loading open container: {} used : {}", containerName,
+              containerUsed);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+          LOG.warn("Failed loading open container, continue next...");
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error("Loading open container store failed." + e);
+      throw new SCMException("Failed to load open container store",
+          FAILED_TO_LOAD_OPEN_CONTAINER);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pre-provision specified count of containers for block creation.
+   * @param count - number of containers to create.
+   * @return list of container names created.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  private List<String> provisionContainers(int count) throws IOException {
+    List<String> results = new ArrayList();
+    lock.lock();
+    try {
+      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        String containerName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        try {
+          Pipeline pipeline = containerManager.allocateContainer(containerName);
+          if (pipeline == null) {
+            LOG.warn("Unable to allocate container.");
+            continue;
+          }
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+          LOG.warn("Unable to allocate container: " + ex);
+          continue;
+        }
+        openContainers.put(containerName, 0L);
+        openContainerStore.put(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(containerName),
+            DFSUtil.string2Bytes(Long.toString(0L)));
+        results.add(containerName);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Allocates a new block for a given size.
+   *
+   * SCM choose one of the open containers and returns that as the location for
+   * the new block. An open container is a container that is actively written to
+   * via replicated log.
+   * @param size - size of the block to be allocated
+   * @return - the allocated pipeline and key for the block
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public AllocatedBlock allocateBlock(final long size) throws IOException {
+    boolean createContainer = false;
+    Pipeline pipeline;
+    if (size < 0 || size > containerSize) {
+      throw new SCMException("Unsupported block size",
+          INVALID_BLOCK_SIZE);
+    }
+    if (!nodeManager.isOutOfNodeChillMode()) {
+      throw new SCMException("Unable to create block while in chill mode",
+          CHILL_MODE_EXCEPTION);
+    }
+
+    lock.lock();
+    try {
+      List<String> candidates;
+      if (openContainers.size() == 0) {
+        try {
+          candidates = provisionContainers(containerProvisionBatchSize);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+          throw new SCMException("Unable to allocate container for the block",
+              FAILED_TO_ALLOCATE_CONTAINER);
+        }
+      } else {
+        candidates = openContainers.entrySet().parallelStream()
+            .filter(e -> (e.getValue() + size < containerSize))
+            .map(e -> e.getKey())
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      }
+
+      if (candidates.size() == 0) {
+        try {
+          candidates = provisionContainers(containerProvisionBatchSize);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+          throw new SCMException("Unable to allocate container for the block",
+              FAILED_TO_ALLOCATE_CONTAINER);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (candidates.size() == 0) {
+        throw new SCMException("Fail to find any container to allocate block " +
+            "of size " + size + ".", FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER_WITH_SAPCE);
+      }
+
+      int randomIdx = rand.nextInt(candidates.size());
+      String containerName = candidates.get(randomIdx);
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("Find {} candidates: {}, picking: {}", candidates.size(),
+            candidates.toString(), containerName);
+      }
+
+      pipeline = containerManager.getContainer(containerName);
+      if (pipeline == null) {
+        LOG.debug("Unable to find container for the block");
+        throw new SCMException("Unable to find container to allocate block",
+            FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER);
+      }
+
+      // TODO: make block key easier to debug (e.g., seq no)
+      // Allocate key for the block
+      String blockKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+      AllocatedBlock.Builder abb = new AllocatedBlock.Builder()
+          .setKey(blockKey).setPipeline(pipeline)
+          .setShouldCreateContainer(createContainer);
+      if (pipeline.getMachines().size() > 0) {
+        blockStore.put(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(blockKey),
+            DFSUtil.string2Bytes(containerName));
+
+        // update the container usage information
+        Long newUsed = openContainers.get(containerName) + size;
+        openContainers.put(containerName, newUsed);
+        openContainerStore.put(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(containerName),
+            DFSUtil.string2Bytes(Long.toString(newUsed)));
+        return abb.build();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   *
+   * Given a block key, return the Pipeline information.
+   * @param key - block key assigned by SCM.
+   * @return Pipeline (list of DNs and leader) to access the block.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Pipeline getBlock(final String key) throws IOException {
+    lock.lock();
+    try {
+      byte[] containerBytes = blockStore.get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(key));
+      if (containerBytes == null) {
+        throw new IOException("Specified block key does not exist. key : " +
+            key);
+      }
+      return containerManager.getContainer(
+          DFSUtil.bytes2String(containerBytes));
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Given a block key, delete a block.
+   * @param key - block key assigned by SCM.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void deleteBlock(final String key) throws IOException {
+    throw new NotImplementedException("deleteBlock is not supported");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Close the resources for BlockManager.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+    if (blockStore != null) {
+      blockStore.close();
+    }
+    if (openContainerStore != null) {
+      openContainerStore.close();
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/package-info.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c566277611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * 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.ozone.scm.block;
+/**
+ * This package contains routines to manage the block location and
+ * mapping inside SCM
+ */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
index 53f37b5a003..a6d029383c1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ public class ContainerMapping implements Mapping {
         pipeline = newPipelineFromNodes(datanodes, containerName);
         containerStore.put(containerName.getBytes(encoding),
             pipeline.getProtobufMessage().toByteArray());
+      } else {
+        LOG.debug("Unable to find enough datanodes for new container. " +
+            "Required {} found {}", replicationFactor,
+            datanodes != null ? datanodes.size(): 0);
       }
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/exceptions/SCMException.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/exceptions/SCMException.java
index c716d290e59..fd4ee26567e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/exceptions/SCMException.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/exceptions/SCMException.java
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ public class SCMException extends IOException {
     FAILED_TO_FIND_HEALTHY_NODES,
     FAILED_TO_FIND_NODES_WITH_SPACE,
     FAILED_TO_FIND_SUITABLE_NODE,
-    INVALID_CAPACITY
+    INVALID_CAPACITY,
+    INVALID_BLOCK_SIZE,
+    CHILL_MODE_EXCEPTION,
+    FAILED_TO_LOAD_OPEN_CONTAINER,
+    FAILED_TO_ALLOCATE_CONTAINER,
+    FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER,
+    FAILED_TO_FIND_CONTAINER_WITH_SAPCE,
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/TestBlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/TestBlockManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3194cfdb36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/TestBlockManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * 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.ozone.scm.block;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.SCMTestUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.ContainerMapping;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.MockNodeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.GB;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.MB;
+
+
+/**
+ * Tests for SCM Block Manager.
+ */
+public class TestBlockManager {
+  private static ContainerMapping mapping;
+  private static MockNodeManager nodeManager;
+  private static BlockManager blockManager;
+  private static File testDir;
+  private final static long DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE = 128 * MB;
+
+  @Rule
+  public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = SCMTestUtils.getConf();
+
+    URL p = conf.getClass().getResource("");
+    String path = p.getPath().concat(
+        org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.TestContainerMapping
+            .class.getSimpleName());
+
+    conf.set(OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_CONTAINER_METADATA_DIRS, path);
+    testDir = Paths.get(path).toFile();
+    boolean folderExisted = testDir.exists() || testDir.mkdirs();
+    if (!folderExisted) {
+      throw new IOException("Unable to create test diectory path");
+    }
+    nodeManager = new MockNodeManager(true, 10);
+    mapping = new ContainerMapping(conf, nodeManager, 128);
+    blockManager = new BlockManagerImpl(conf, nodeManager, mapping, 128);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void cleanup() throws IOException {
+    blockManager.close();
+    mapping.close();
+    FileUtil.fullyDelete(testDir);
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void clearChillMode() {
+    nodeManager.setChillmode(false);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAllocateBlock() throws Exception {
+    AllocatedBlock block = blockManager.allocateBlock(DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(block);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetAllocatedBlock() throws IOException {
+    AllocatedBlock block = blockManager.allocateBlock(DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(block);
+    Pipeline pipeline = blockManager.getBlock(block.getKey());
+    Assert.assertEquals(pipeline.getLeader().getDatanodeUuid(),
+        block.getPipeline().getLeader().getDatanodeUuid());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAllocateOversidedBlock() throws IOException {
+    long size = 6 * GB;
+    thrown.expectMessage("Unsupported block size");
+    AllocatedBlock block = blockManager.allocateBlock(size);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetNoneExistentContainer() throws IOException {
+    String nonExistBlockKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    thrown.expectMessage("Specified block key does not exist.");
+    blockManager.getBlock(nonExistBlockKey);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testChillModeAllocateBlockFails() throws IOException {
+    nodeManager.setChillmode(true);
+    thrown.expectMessage("Unable to create block while in chill mode");
+    blockManager.allocateBlock(DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE);
+  }
+}