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title: "Creating Zone Delegation"
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<span style="color: #000000">You can delegate a zone to an Authoritative DNS Server. </span>

<span style="color: #000000">To create a zone delegation, complete the following:</span>

1. From the Infoblox Portal, click **Network** > <span style="color: #000000">**DNS**</span>.
2. <span style="color: #000000">Click the respective DNS view. </span>
3. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Create**</span><span style="color: #000000"> > </span><span style="color: #000000">**Zone**</span><span style="color: #000000"> > </span><span style="color: #000000">**Zone Delegation**</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">Configure the following in the Create Zone Delegation screen:</span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Parent Zone**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Choose the parent zone. </span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Name**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Specify the name of the child zone. </span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Description**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Specify a description. </span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Authoritative DNS Servers**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Add**</span><span style="color: #000000"> and configure the following:</span>
    - <span style="color: #000000">**Name**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter the name of the DNS server.</span>
    - <span style="color: #000000">**IP Address**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Enter the IP address of the DNS server.</span>
5. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Save & Close**</span><span style="color: #000000">. </span>