Multivendor, Intent-Based Networking with Juniper Apstra Solution Brief
Operate reliably and consistently from Day 0 through Day 2+
Learn more about how Apstra empowers organizations to automate and manage their networks.
THE CHALLENGE
Automating the data center network
Network automation solutions tend to be complex, proprietary, and bad at adapting to evolving technologies and business needs. This hinders consistent and reliable operations over time, resulting in slow time to market, poor customer experience, and costly downtime.
THE CAPABILITIES YOU NEED
320%
ROI
<6 months
payback
(on average)
A refined approach to modern data center operations
Juniper Apstra is a data center fabric management solution that enables reliable and consistent operations for Day 0 through Day 2+, scales for innovation, and embraces AI—no matter your vendor mix.
- Reliable Day 0 through Day 2+ operations
Apstra provides a single management platform from which network operators can design, deploy, and operate data center networks.
- Multivendor support for strategic flexibility
Apstra provides vendor-agnostic, intent-based networking that supports a range of hardware and software vendors, including open standards-based offerings.
- Speed through reliability
Apstra’s blueprints-based prescriptive approach accelerates time to deployment reliably and consistently and reduces mean time to resolution (MTTR)
THE ANSWER: JUNIPER APSTRA
Operate and innovate at the speed of the market
Juniper Apstra software automates and validates the design, deployment, and operation of data center networks from Day 0 through Day 2+. Apstra Cloud Services, a suite of AI-Native, cloud-based applications for AI operations (AIOps), works with Apstra’s intent-based networking to expand data center assurance solutions from network assurance to application assurance, and deliver an unbeatable data center operations experience.
HOW IT WORKS
Automate the full life cycle of your data center network
Apstra’s intent-based data center network automation increases application reliability, simplifies deployment and operations, and dramatically reduces costs for enterprises, cloud service providers, and telco data centers.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Self-documentation and single source of truth
Track all intent and context-rich operational network state information in a single source of truth (SSOT) database.
Access list policies assurance
Automatically detect and resolve policy overlaps and drifts based on user settings.
Time voyager
Revert back to a previous network state in only a few clicks.
Because mistakes happen.
Flow data
Enhance performance, manage costs, and ensure security and compliance with robust traffic and network flow data.
Validated reference designs and customizable designs
Design and deploy a network based on extensively tested designs to ensure quality and reliability.
Apstra Cloud Services
Move from network assurance to application assurance with cloud-based, AI-Native applications designed to address a range of data center operations challenges. Learn more here.
Integrated Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Integrate multiple data centers into a unified private cloud with Aptra automated DCI with seamless virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN) tunnel stitching.
Third-party integrations
Enhance interoperability and workflows by integrating with HashiCorp® Terraform®, Ansible, and others.
HOW WE DELIVER
Virtual-Q uses Apstra to seamlessly manage and automate their data center
Vodafone uses Apstra to ensure reliable multivendor operations
OUR ADVANTAGE
Juniper’s automated secure data center solution
Apstra is part of Juniper’s data center solution—the fastest and most flexible way to deploy high performing networks and the simplest to operate with limited IT.
WHY JUNIPER
Juniper Networks: Driven by experience
Juniper Networks believes that connectivity is not the same as experiencing a great connection. Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform is built from the ground up to leverage AI to deliver exceptional, highly secure, and sustainable user experiences from the edge to the data center and cloud. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook.
MORE INFORMATION
Take a deep dive into Juniper Apstra
To learn more about Juniper Apstra, visit our website at https://www.juniper.net/us/en/products/network-automation/apstra.html
For technical data sheets, guides and documentation, visit https://www.juniper.net/documentation/product/us/en/apstra/