# Create an IP Failover Group

Creating an IP failover Group lets you configure high availability for your setup by grouping NICs under a shared IP address. You designate one NIC as the master and assign the IP address as primary on selected NICs, enabling automatic failover within a public LAN.

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**Prerequisites:** Ensure that you have the privileges to **Reserve IP Blocks**. You should have access to the required IP address. The LAN for which you wish to create an IP failover group should be public (connected to the Internet), and should not contain a load balancer.
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1\. In the **DCD**, go to **Menu** > **Virtual Data Centers**.

2\. Select the data center and a LAN to configure an IP failover group within it.

3\. In the Inspector pane, select the **IP Failover** tab.

4\. Click **Create Group**. In the dialog box that appears, select the IP address from the drop-down list.

* Select **NICs** to include those NICs in the IP failover group.
* Select the **Primary IP** for each NIC where the selected address should be the primary IP address. If a NIC already has the primary IP address assigned from another IP failover group, it will be replaced.
* Select **Master** to set the NIC as the master of the group.

![Create an IP Failover Group](/files/m4CYYKNr7csyqyPx2OSc)

5\. Click **Create**.

6\. Provision your changes.

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**Result:** The IP failover group is now available.
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