VSS and Infoblox

Hi !
We have 2 Infoblox in HA connect to a VSS and we recibe this log:
[2013/01/10 17:47:03.945] (24443 /infoblox/one/bin/clusterd) vrrp.c:1180 vrrp_process_receive_pkt(): DETECTED DUAL ACTIVE CONDITION!
The configuration on the VSS's interfaces are:
interface giga1/1/YY
des LAN 1
sw acc vlan X
spanning-tree portfast
speed 1000
duplex full
interface giga1/1/YY
des HA1
sw acc vlan X
spanning-tree portfast
speed 1000
duplex full
interface giga2/1/YY
des LAN 2
sw acc vlan X
spanning-tree portfast
speed 1000
duplex full
interface giga2/1/YY
des HA2
sw acc vlan X
spanning-tree portfast
speed 1000
duplex full
All the interfaces are connected but the infloblox shows an error on the HA2 port.
Thanks
Regards,

Yes, we resolved the issue. There was any bug in the VSS IOS but when we change the status Master-backup the vip dind't learnt the new mac.
We configured the mac on the two interfaces manually.
Thank you,
Regards

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