Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices that managing network traffic in a storage system include parse one or more packets received from a client to identify header data, and wherein the parsing comprises identifying when the one or more packets is a read request or a write request. A server is identified based on the parsed one or more packets. One or more rules are modified in the parsed one or more packets to allow data exchange between the client and the identified server. The parsed one or more packets are transmitted with the modified one or more rules to the identified server, wherein data exchange is initiated between the client and the identified server based on the parsed one or more packets with the modified one or more rules.