Patent ID: 8407810

Claim:
A KVM switch connectable to a plurality of information processing apparatus and at least one console used for operating the plurality of information processing apparatus, comprising: a storing medium that stores first user-limiting information which defines, for each user, which information processing apparatus a user is permitted to access or not permitted to access; and a processor, the processor operating as: an acquiring portion that acquires, from an information processing apparatus to which a user is seeking access, second user-limiting information which defines a list of users who are limited or not limited to access the information processing apparatus; and user identification information that identifies the user seeking access to the information processing apparatus; and a controlling portion that determines whether to permit access by the user to the information processing apparatus or not based on the first user-limiting information stored in the storing medium, the acquired second user-limiting information, and the user identification information, by comparing the user identification information to both of the first user-limiting information and the second user-limiting information.