Patent ID: 8498214

Claim:
A switching device comprising: a storage unit configured to store management information of an object being monitored by a management device to detect failure of the object, the management information including updated management information of the object and before updated management information of the object; a specification unit configured to acquire information for specifying management information stored in the management device and which is used by the management device to monitor the object, and specify, on the basis of the acquired information, one of the updated management information and the before updated management information of the management information stored in the storage unit, to thereby match the specified one of the updated management information and the before updated management information stored in the storage unit of the switching device and the specified management information stored in the management device and used by the management device to monitor the object; and an information sending unit configured to send failure information to the management device on the basis of the specified one of the updated management information and the before updated management information stored in the storage unit, in the case that the failure has been detected.