Juniper Networks is seeking to ease sophisticated campus networking by robotically configuring and serving to handle Ethernet VPN-Digital Extensible XLAN (EVPN/VXLAN) deployments.
Juniper additionally expanded its EX household of switches aimed toward campus distribution deployments and low-density data-center top-of-rack environments, in response to Jeff Aaron, vice chairman of enterprise advertising and marketing for Juniper.
Juniper has rolled out a course of known as campus cloth workflow, below its subscription-based Wired Assurance program. Campus cloth workflow may also help prospects deploy widespread standards-based campus materials, akin to EVPN multihoming, EVPN core/distribution and IP Clos for VLAN extensions with a simple course of that lets them choose their desired topology, assign gadgets/roles and push configurations, Aaron mentioned.
Wired Assurance faucets into Juniper’s community working system, Junos OS, and gathers telemetry information to measure community efficiency for linked endpoints, together with IoT gadgets, the corporate mentioned. It additionally options anomaly detection to alert when there’s a deviation in swap efficiency from baseline metrics, usually earlier than customers are conscious. It really works together with Juniper’s Mist ML/AI platform that helps deploy, provision, and handle Juniper EX Sequence Switches.
Mist program has supported fabric-management capabilities previously however that has now been prolonged to the Wired Assurance program.
“Collectively the campus cloth workflow and Mist could make it a lot easier to configure and handle the community, then, as soon as it’s deployed, collect insights about what apps are operating and what gadgets are accessing them,” mentioned Christian Gilby, senior director or product advertising and marketing with Juniper. As well as, it could possibly establish and proper a big selection of switching issues, akin to lacking VLANs, port flaps, and dangerous cables, Gilby mentioned.
“The thought is to assist prospects scale back the time and value of designing, provisioning, and deploying standards-based networks akin to EVPN whereas bettering connectivity and safety,” Gilby mentioned.
Juniper additionally introduced providers known as Juniper Mist Wired Assurance Deployment Service and Juniper Mist Campus Deployment Service that can give entry to Juniper specialists, automation instruments, and best-practice design methodologies to assist enhance workflows and scale back the burden on IT groups, Aaron mentioned.
New EX distribution swap
On the {hardware} facet, Juniper has expanded its EX swap portfolio with the 1RU EX4400-24X Distribution Change. The 24x10GbE port, 1080Gbps capability EX4400 may be deployed as a distribution swap in giant campuses or a core swap in small or medium campus networks. It options zero-touch provisioning and may be robotically configured and managed by way of Mist Wired Assurance.
Juniper’s Digital Chassis expertise allows configuring and managing as much as 10 of the switches as a single logical gadget, in response to Aaron.
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