INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

An information processing apparatus that sets, based on packet identification information that is common to packets included in a packet group that flows through a network including the communication devices performing relaying, and information about network function devices selected by the packet group, each of the network function devices being connected to the communication devices via a layer 2 network, performing a predetermined process for a packet and performing input and output of the packet by a same interface, one of interfaces of the communication devices as a forwarding destination of a packet input to the network function device in such a way that there is no overlap between the network function devices selected by the packet group and in such a way that overlap with another network function device selected by another packet group is allowed.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a storage unit that stores packet identification information that is common to packets included in a packet group that flows through a network including communication devices performing relaying, and information about network function devices selected by the packet group, each of the network function devices being connected to the communication devices via a layer 2 network, performing a predetermined process for a packet and performing input and output of the packet by a same interface; a setting unit that sets, based on the information stored in the storage unit, one of interfaces of the communication devices as a forwarding destination of a packet input to each of the network function devices in such a way that there is no overlap between the network function devices selected by the packet group and in such a way that overlap with another network function device selected by another packet group is allowed; and a notification unit that notifies each of the network function devices selected by the packet group of the interface of a communication device set as the forwarding destination.