Management system and management method

A switch, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to receive a first instruction from a switch device,
• determine, on basis of second information, whether a first connection state of first equipment is to be notified to the switch device at a present time, the second information being related to past connection states of the first equipment, and
• notify, in a case where it is determined that the first connection state is not to be notified, the switch device of an instruction to transmit the first instruction again after a predetermined time is elapsed.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• receiving a first instruction from a switch device;
• determining, on basis of second information, whether a first connection state of first equipment is to be notified to the switch device at a present time, the second information being related to past connection states of the first equipment;
• and
• notifying, in a case where it is determined that the first connection state is not to be notified, the switch device of an instruction to transmit the first instruction again after a predetermined time is elapsed.