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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing device that are capable of continuing access to an I/O device by operational computers even when a failure has occurred in a management computer is provided. A virtualization bridge () includes a monitoring unit () and a backup control unit (). The virtualization bridge () provides operational computers () with virtual functions of an I/O device (). The monitoring unit () detects failures in a management computer (). The backup control unit () generates backup management information () on the basis of packets transmitted and received between the management computer () and the I/O device (), and, when a failure in the management computer () is detected by the monitoring unit (), controls the I/O deviceon the basis of the backup management information () in place of the management computer ().