The management and reliability of communications between computers and a storage system are improved. As between the primary and secondary communication ports of storage devices 20a, 20b, the system management server 10 sets the primary communication port as the current communication port as a default setting in each storage device. Where the system management server 10 monitors the primary and secondary communication ports and the current communication port fails or can otherwise no longer be used, the other communication port is set as the current communication port. The system management server 10 also manages the states of each communication port and the setting of the current communication port as communication port information.