Console apparatus for information processing system

摘要

A console apparatus for an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, includes a memory for storing messages received from the plurality of information processing apparatuses at a plurality of storage areas provided in correspondence with the plurality of information processing apparatuses; a message analyzing unit for analyzing the received messages to detect, as the states of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, a reply request by the information processing apparatus to an operator and an error occurrence of the information processing apparatus; and a display unit having a shared display screen for displaying the messages stored in the memory on the shared display screen at areas corresponding to the storage areas and for displaying among the states detected by the message analyzing unit the state of at least one information processing apparatus on the shared display screen so as to allow a recognition of the state at a glance.