Automatically updating zone information in a storage area network

A network switching device comprising:

• a network switching device port;
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to:
• automatically detect in a Storage Area Network (SAN) a new Host Bus Adapter (HBA) port at the network switching device port to which a prior HBA port was coupled;
• in response to the detecting, automatically determine a zone that the prior HBA port belonged to, based on a map database that stores mapping information comprising an ID of the prior HBA port, an ID of the network switching device port, a zone name associated with the ID of the network switching device port, and a status of the zone;
• and
• in response to the determining, automatically update zoning information on the network switching device to replace, in the zoning information, the ID of the prior HBA port with an ID of the new HBA port, for the zone that the prior HBA port belonged to.

A storage device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to:
• automatically detect in a Storage Area Network (SAN) a new Host Bus Adapter (HBA) port at a network switching device port to which a prior HBA port was coupled, the network switching device port being a port of a network switching device;
• in response to the detecting, automatically determine a zone that the prior HBA port belonged to, based on a map database on the storage device, the map database storing mapping information comprising an ID of the prior HBA port, an ID of the network switching device port, a zone name associated with the ID of the network switching device port, and a status of the zone;
• and
• in response to the determining, automatically update zoning information on the network switching device to replace the ID of the prior HBA port with an ID of the new HBA port, for the zone that the prior HBA port belonged to.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions executable by a processor to:

• automatically detect in a Storage Area Network (SAN) a new Host Bus Adapter (HBA) port at a network switching device port to which a prior HBA port was coupled, the network switching device port being a port of a network switching device;
• automatically determine, in response to the detecting, a zone that the prior HBA port belonged to, based on a map database on the network switching device, the map database storing mapping information comprising an ID of the prior HBA port, an ID of the network switching device port, a zone name associated with the ID of the network switching device port, and a status of the zone;
• and
• automatically update, in response to determination the determining, zoning information on the network switching device to replace the ID of the prior HBA port with an ID of the new HBA port, for the zone that the prior HBA port belonged to.