Storage system port maintenance information sharing with host device

A method comprising:

• obtaining maintenance information from a storage system, the maintenance information comprising an indication that a port of the storage system is scheduled for a future maintenance activity;
• determining that a host device utilizes the port for communication with the storage system via a first network;
• and
• issuing an alert, via a second network that is different than the first network, the alert being configured to cause the host device to set a path associated with the port to a standby mode prior to the future maintenance activity, the standby mode being configured to inhibit input-output operations from being submitted to the storage system along the path;
• wherein the method is implemented by a processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code, when executed by a processing device comprising a processor coupled to memory, causes the processing device:

• to obtain maintenance information from a storage system, the maintenance information comprising an indication that a port of the storage system is scheduled for a future maintenance activity;
• to determine that a host device utilizes the port for communication with the storage system via a first network;
• and
• to issue an alert, via a second network that is different than the first network, the alert being configured to cause the host device to set a path associated with the port to a standby mode prior to the future maintenance activity, the standby mode being configured to inhibit input-output operations from being submitted to the storage system along the path.