Ensure that the IP Availability Managers are configured identically and that autodiscovery is disabled. Because autodiscovery is disabled, each IP Availability Manager will discover only the devices on its Pending Devices list.

The procedures for configuring discovery are given in the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager User Guide and the VMware Smart Assurance IP Manager Reference Guide. Also see the configuration procedures in Chapter 2, “Configuring the Topology Split Manager.”