Apparatus, information processing method and information processing system

An information processing method comprising:

• executing routing processing including a first routing processing related to communication performed between a first processor of an apparatus and a first information processing apparatus, the apparatus including a first physical port coupled to a first network and a second physical port coupled to a second network, the first processor being coupled to the first physical port through the first network, the routing processing including a second routing processing;
• executing the second routing processing which is related to communication performed between the first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus coupled to the second physical port through the second network;
• storing information indicating a first redundancy routing group of the routing processing that is affected by occurrence of a failure in the first physical port, and storing information indicating a second redundancy routing group of the routing processing that is affected by occurrence of a failure in the second physical port,
• causing, when a failure occurs in the first physical port, a second apparatus coupled to both of the first network and the second network to execute the routing processing of the first redundancy routing group;
• and
• causing, when a failure occurs in the second physical port, the second apparatus to execute the routing processing of the second redundancy routing group, wherein each of the first redundancy routing group and the second redundancy routing group is a group of virtual routers operated under a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).

An information processing system comprising:

• a first information processing apparatus;
• a second information processing apparatus;
• and
• a third information processing apparatus,
• wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a first physical port coupled to a first network, a second physical port coupled to a second network, a first memory, and a first processor coupled to the first memory,
• the first processor being configured to:
• execute routing processing including a first routing processing related to communication performed between the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus coupled to the first physical port through the first network, the routing processing including a second routing processing,
• execute the second routing processing that is related to communication performed between the second information processing apparatus and the third information processing apparatus coupled to the second physical port through the second network,
• store information indicating a first redundancy routing group of the routing processing that is affected by occurrence of a failure in the first physical port, and store information indicating a second redundancy routing group of the routing processing that is affected by occurrence of a failure in the second physical port,
• cause, when a failure occurs in the first physical port, a fourth information processing apparatus coupled to both of the first network and the second network to execute the routing processing of the first redundancy routing group, and
• cause, when a failure occurs in the second physical port, the fourth information processing apparatus to execute the routing processing of the second redundancy routing group, wherein each of the first redundancy routing group and the second redundancy routing group is a group of virtual routers operated under a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).