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title: "Configuring DNS Resource Records"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35417391/Configuring%20DNS%20Resource%20Records"
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If you need to add a large number of A and PTR records, you can have the NIOS appliance add them as a group and automatically assign host names based on a range of IP addresses and the host name format you specify. Such a group of records is called a *bulk* *host*, which the appliance manages and displays as a single bulk host record.

This section provides general information about Infoblox host records and DNS resource records. The topics in this section include:

> Macro (children)