A control method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a CPU, a memory, and an input unit. The memory stores virtual configuration information including setting information of the storage device. The memory stores information indicating whether a management mode as a control method of the configuration information is a first mode or a second mode. The control method of the apparatus includes the steps executed by the CPU of receiving a setting instruction of the configuration information from the input unit, updating the virtual configuration information according to the setting instruction when the memory stores information indicating that the management mode is the first mode, storing the setting instruction to update the virtual configuration information, transmitting the setting instruction from the memory to the storage device, and transferring the setting instruction to the storage device when the memory stores information indicating that the management mode is the second mode.