Information processing apparatus and information processing system

An information processing system comprising:

• a plurality of information processing apparatuses;
• and
• a plurality of communication cables that connects between the information processing apparatuses, wherein
• each of the plurality of the communication cables includes a first storage unit that stores therein a failure condition table including a condition used for determination of failure occurrence and a collection item table including an item of information collected when the condition is satisfied,
• each of the plurality of the information processing apparatuses includes
• a communication port to which the communication cable is connected,
• a reading unit that reads, from the first storage unit provided in the communication cable when the communication cable is connected to the communication port, the failure condition table and the collection item table,
• a determination unit that determines whether a state of communication via the communication cable connected to the communication port satisfies the condition included in the failure condition table read by the reading unit,
• a collecting unit that collects, when the determination unit determines that the state of the communication via the communication cable connected to the communication port satisfies the condition, the information corresponding to the item included in the collection item table read by the reading unit, and
• a sending unit that sends the collection information collected by the collecting unit to a predetermined device.