pointer to the held functional set is held on the functional set management table 122 then the functional set registration processing is completed fig1 is a diagram showing the processing flow to the system configuration request in the embodiment 1 the management module 105 begins the system configuration processing 1101 when a system configuration request is received from the management console 107 the system configuration processing 1101 comprises the steps of request analysis processing step 1102 module selection processing step 1103 module assignment deletion step 1104 and table setting processing step 1105 in the request analysis processing 1102 the system configuration request received via the management console 107 is analyzed and the kind of request is specified subsequent processing is selected according to the kind of request in the module selection processing 1103 the system identifier management table 121 is investigated according to the information included in the system configuration request and a module is chosen required to execute this system configuration request in the module setting processing 1104 a module is assigned or deleted according to the system configuration request for example in a new system configuration request a functional set is installed to a new module so that a general purpose processing module is provided with a high performance processing or in a system deletion request the function of the general purpose processing module one of the components of member of the information processing system for deletion is returned to the.