摘要 |
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a processor which operates an operating system and a kernel which is operated independently of the operating system, and a network interface through which the information processing apparatus is connectable to an other information processing apparatus, the method includes notifying, by the operating system, the kernel of system down information about the operating system, determining, by the kernel, a kind of an Internet protocol included in a packet received from the other information processing apparatus connected through the network interface, creating, by the kernel, a packet for notifying of the system down in accordance with the determined kind of the Internet protocol, and transmitting, by the kernel, the created packet to the other information processing apparatus via the network interface. |