Patent ID: 9461830
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first data storage unit configured to store a multicast address in association with a combination of another multicast address and tenant identification information; a reception unit configured to receive, from a relay apparatus that relays first packets transmitted from virtual machines belonging to a first multicast domain, an allocation request including a first multicast address and first tenant identification information which are included in the first packets; a determination unit configured to determine whether a combination of the first multicast address and the first tenant identification information is stored in the first data storage unit; an extraction unit configured to extract, upon determining that the combination of the first multicast address and the first tenant identification information is not stored in the first data storage unit, a second multicast address which is to be attached to the first packets by the relay apparatus; a transmission unit configured to transmit the second multicast address to the relay apparatus that is a transmission source of the allocation request; and a registration unit configured to register, in the first data storage unit, the second multicast address in association with the combination of the first multicast address and the first tenant identification information.