1. A method, comprising: receiving a login request from an endpoint connected to a first physical port of a first switch module of a distributed network switch, wherein the distributed network switch comprises a plurality of switch modules, wherein each switch module comprises a plurality of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs): in response to the login request, storing, in a Fibre Channel Data Forwarder (FCDF) database, an entry comprising an identifier of the first physical port and a unique identifier of the endpoint; and responsive to receiving, from a controlling Fibre Channel Forwarder (cFCF), a zoning update comprising the unique identifier of the endpoint and a Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) for the endpoint: storing the FCID in the FCDF database entry for the endpoint; identifying a first ASIC, of the plurality of ASICs of the first switch module, connected to the first physical port; and updating a zoning table of the first ASIC to include the zoning update.