A switch control system including a storage unit, a switch which logically
sets a network topology between the storage unit and a plurality of
computers, and a management server which communicates with the switch and
the storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes at least one disk;
wherein the management server comprises a memory and a processor, wherein
the memory holds the network topology which is set by the switch, wherein
when a failure is detected in one of the computers currently being used,
the processor of the management server refers to the memory to change the
network topology for the computer where the failure is detected and
another computer which substitutes the computer where the failure is
detected, and instructs the switch with the changed network topology so
as to cause the switch to logically set the changed network topology, and
wherein the management server controls the disk of the computer where the
failure is detected to be accessible.