An information processing apparatus includes a switch unit configured to connect some of the arithmetic processing devices and some of the storage devices in accordance with connection information, a first control unit being configured to output physical information converted from the logical information of the arithmetic processing device at the transmission destination and the physical information of the corresponding arithmetic processing device via a transfer path in accordance with the correlation information, a second control unit configured to change the connection information in response to occurrence of a failure of some arithmetic processing device in the system, and to control the switch unit such that the failed arithmetic processing device is replaced with another one included in the plural arithmetic processing devices.