Patent ID: 8904055

Claim:
A switching control device configured to control switching of an access of a host computer communicating with a first switch connected to a first input/output device and a second switch connected to a second input/output device, the switching control device comprising: a monitor configured to monitor an access of the host computer to the first switch; a memory controller configured to extract setting information to be set in the first switch from the monitored access, the setting information being used to couple the first input/output device with the host computer, the extracted setting information being stored, and extract new setting information every time the setting information in the first switch is modified, the extracted new setting information being stored following the extracted setting information; a setting controller configured to set the stored setting information into the second switch before a fault occurs, and update the setting information set in the second switch every time extracted new setting information is stored; and a switching controller configured to switch an access destination of the host computer from the first switch to the second switch, when the fault occurs in the first switch.