Patent ID: 8379541

Claim:
A method for configuring an information processing system in an information platform system, said information platform system comprising a plurality of general purpose processing modules each of which is configured to operate as a corresponding information processing system which is any one of a server system, a network system and a storage system, upon installation of a corresponding functional set of virtual computers for the corresponding information processing system on the general-purpose processing module, a plurality of dedicated processing modules each of which performs dedicated processing for dedicated devices, a switching hub which interconnects said plurality of general-purpose processing modules and said plurality of dedicated processing modules, a storage unit which stores a plurality of functional sets of virtual computers that includes a first functional set of virtual computers used to operate a server system, a second functional set of virtual computers used to operate a network system and a third functional set of virtual computers used to operate a storage system, and a management module to which said storage unit is connected, said method performed by said management module comprising: receiving a system configuration request for configuring an information processing system, said system configuration request including information indicating a type of said information processing system which is any one of a server system, a network system, and a storage system, to be configured; selecting at least one of said plurality of general-purpose processing modules to configure said information processing system requested by said system configuration request; selecting, from said plurality of functional sets of virtual computers stored in said storage unit, a corresponding functional set of virtual computers required for configuring said requested information processing system; installing said selected corresponding functional set of virtual computers into said selected at least one of said plurality of general-purpose processing modules; and managing, via a configuration management table, correspondence between said information processing system configured based on said system configuration request and said dedicated processing modules which constitute the information processing system configured based on said system configuration request, said general-purpose processing modules which constitute the information processing system being configured based on said system configuration request.