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title: "Configuring Zone Delegation"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/BloxOneDDI/186746617/Configuring%20Zone%20Delegation"
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<span style="color: #000000">A DNS zone delegation is the delegation of the authority over a portion of a DNS namespace to a set of different nameservers. DNS requests made to the delegated zone are serviced by the Authoritative DNS Server to which the zone is delegated.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">There are three scenarios for zone delegation:</span>

- <span style="color: #000000">Universal DDI manages both the parent and child zones:</span>

![nontransp_Zone_Delegation_DDI_Parent_Child_CSP.drawio.png](media://9a832786-27d7-46ea-a454-96f8c73272eb)



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- <span style="color: #000000">Universal DDI manages the parent zone and an external name server manages the delegated zone:</span>

![nontransp_Zone_Delegation_DDI.drawio.png](media://5c90347b-ccfd-46bb-b9db-1364f273d6f1)


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- <span style="color: #000000">An external server manages the parent zone, and the NIOS-X Server manages the child zone:</span>

![nontransp_Zone_Delegation_DDI_External_Parent_CSP_child.drawio.png](media://0435f4eb-f470-4187-bc0d-6920140009d2)


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<span style="color: #000000">To view the list of delegated DNS zones, 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">Drill-down into the primary zone.</span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">The application displays the following information:</span>

- <span style="color: #000000">**NAME**</span><span style="color: #000000">: The name of the zone.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">**RECORD SOURCE**</span><span style="color: #000000">: The delegated zone will be shown as </span><span style="color: #000000">*Delegated *</span><span style="color: #000000">Zone. </span>


<span style="color: #000000">You can also perform the following in this tab:</span>

- <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>> Macro (inline-media-image)

<span style="color: #000000">to select the columns to display.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Click  </span>> Macro (inline-media-image)

<span style="color: #000000">> </span><span style="color: #000000">**Edit**</span><span style="color: #000000"> or select the check box for the respective record and click the </span><span style="color: #000000">**Edit **</span><span style="color: #000000">button to modify a zone.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Select a zone to view the details on the right-hand panel. You can view details like </span><span style="color: #000000">**name**</span><span style="color: #000000">, </span><span style="color: #000000">**description**</span><span style="color: #000000">, </span><span style="color: #000000">**type**</span><span style="color: #000000">, </span><span style="color: #000000">**tags**</span><span style="color: #000000">, </span><span style="color: #000000">**status**</span><span style="color: #000000">, and the </span><span style="color: #000000">**number of DNS servers**</span><span style="color: #000000"> associated with it. If you do not want to view the details, click </span>> Macro (inline-media-image)

<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Enter the value that you want to search in the </span><span style="color: #000000">**Search**</span><span style="color: #000000"> text box. The application displays the list of records matching the keyword in the text box.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>> Macro (inline-media-image)

<span style="color: #000000"> to filter the objects by </span><span style="color: #000000">**name**</span><span style="color: #000000">, </span><span style="color: #000000">**type**</span><span style="color: #000000">, and </span><span style="color: #000000">**description**</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Click  </span>> Macro (inline-media-image)

<span style="color: #000000">> </span><span style="color: #000000">**Move to Recycle Bin**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to move the object to the recycle bin. You can restore the object later or delete it permanently as required. For more information, see </span><span style="color: #000000">*[Recycle Bin](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/186466217)*</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>


<span style="color: #000000">You can perform the following actions:</span>

> Macro (children)