diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockClientFactory.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockClientFactory.scala
index e264f91142ec1..6278e69c2200b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockClientFactory.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockClientFactory.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel
 import io.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioSocketChannel
 import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent
 
-import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkConf}
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
  * for the same remote host. It also shares a single worker thread pool for all [[BlockClient]]s.
  */
 private[netty]
-class BlockClientFactory(val conf: NettyConfig) extends Closeable {
+class BlockClientFactory(val conf: NettyConfig) extends Logging with Closeable {
 
   def this(sparkConf: SparkConf) = this(new NettyConfig(sparkConf))
 
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ class BlockClientFactory(val conf: NettyConfig) extends Closeable {
       return cachedClient
     }
 
+    logInfo(s"Creating new connection to $remoteHost:$remotePort")
+
     // There is a chance two threads are creating two different clients connecting to the same host.
     // But that's probably ok ...
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockServer.scala
index 9a8ffabd04c84..2611f2eacdb36 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/netty/BlockServer.scala
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class BlockServer(conf: NettyConfig, dataProvider: BlockDataManager)
     _port = addr.getPort
     // _hostName = addr.getHostName
     _hostName = Utils.localHostName()
+
+    logInfo(s"Server started ${_hostName}:${_port}")
   }
 
   /** Shutdown the server. */