AUTOMATED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ROUTE UPDATE SERVICE FOR ETHERNET LAYER 3 (L3) IP STORAGE AREA NETWORKS (SANs)

A system for dynamically managing routing tables in a non-volatile memory express over Fabric (NVMe-oF) system, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media comprising one or more sets of instructions which, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed comprising:
• for an NVMe-oF system establishing a first connection between a host and a discovery controller, the host comprising a routing table and being associated with a first interface;
• receiving from the discovery controller network information that allows discovery of a storage device;
• and
• using the network information to dynamically configure one or more entries in the routing table to facilitate a second connection between the host and the storage device through the first interface and a second interface that is associated with the storage device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium or media comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, causes steps to be performed comprising:

• for an NVMe-oF system, establishing a first connection between a host associated with the first network and a discovery controller, the host comprising a routing table and being associated with a first interface;
• receiving from the discovery controller network information that allows discovery of a storage device;
• and
• using the network information to dynamically configure one or more entries in the routing table to facilitate a second connection between the host and the storage device through the first interface and a second interface that is associated with the storage device.