There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a CPU board 1 having a processing unit, a control device (CPU 11, CPU board controller 12, and the like) that is mounted on the CPU board 1 and includes hardware replacement management area 16 that stores replacement information indicating that the CPU board 1 has been replaced, the replacement information initialized at the time when the information processing apparatus is started or when the CPU board 1 is replaced, a memory 13 that stores error information based on occurrence of an error in the control device, the error information initialized at the time when the information processing apparatus is started, an initialization control section 18 that initializes the information processing apparatus, and a unit control section 45 that includes an error monitoring section 42 that monitors the error information stored in the memory 13 and controls the CPU board 1.