Zone automatic cleanup support on fibre channel (fc) fabrics

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing thereon instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• in response to determining that a periodic time interval for evaluating stale zoning entries has elapsed:
• detect disconnection of a device from a Fibre Channel (FC) fabric, wherein the FC fabric is associated with a zoning configuration, and wherein the zoning configuration includes indications of devices configured to communicate within a zone;
• generate an update to the zoning configuration, wherein the update includes a timestamp corresponding to a time at which the disconnection of the device was detected;
• determine, based on the timestamp, that an expiration period corresponding to the disconnection has elapsed, wherein the expiration period is defined according to the time at which the disconnection of the device was detected;
• determine that the disconnection of the device is not the result of a scheduled event;
• and
• in response to the expiration period has elapsed and the disconnection is not the result of the scheduled event, determine an entry corresponding to the device from the zoning configuration is a stale entry and automatically remove the entry.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• in response to determining that a periodic time interval for evaluating stale zoning entries has elapsed:
• detect disconnection of a device from a Fibre Channel (FC) fabric, wherein the FC fabric is associated with a zoning configuration, and wherein the zoning configuration includes indications of devices configured to communicate within a zone;
• generate an update to the zoning configuration, wherein the update includes a timestamp corresponding to a time at which the disconnection of the device was detected;
• determine, based on the timestamp, that an expiration period corresponding to the disconnection has elapsed, wherein the expiration period is defined according to the time at which the disconnection of the device was detected;
• determine that the disconnection of the device is not the result of a scheduled event;
• and
• in response to the expiration period has elapsed and the disconnection is not the result of the scheduled event, determined an entry corresponding to the device from the zoning configuration is a stale entry and automatically remove the entry.