Changes for HDFS-1623 branch. This change list will be merged into the trunk CHANGES.txt when the HDFS-1623 branch is merged. ------------------------------ HDFS-2179. Add fencing framework and mechanisms for NameNode HA. (todd) HDFS-1974. Introduce active and standy states to the namenode. (suresh) HDFS-2407. getServerDefaults and getStats don't check operation category (atm) HDFS-1973. HA: HDFS clients must handle namenode failover and switch over to the new active namenode. (atm)