A Records
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An A record is the most common DNS query. In this type of query, 'A' refers to an IP address - the cleint is asking for the IP address of the domain name being queried. Create two A records, one for each BIG-IP DNS server.

#. Expand the sub-menus to expose EXAMPLE.COM in the "Forward Lookup Zones"

   .. image:: ../../media/dc01_expand_dns.png
      :align: left

#. Right click on EXAMPLE.COM and select "New Host (A or AAAA)"

   .. image:: ../../media/dc01_right_click.png
      :align: left

#. Create two new A records for the new BIGP-IP nameservers.

   .. csv-table::
      :header: "Field", "Value"
      :widths: 15, 15

      "ns1", "203.0.113.8"
      "ns2", "198.51.100.40"


   .. image:: ../../media/dc01_create_ns1.png
      :align: left

   Create ns2.example.com

   .. image:: ../../media/dc01_new_A_ns2.png
      :align: left