Juniper Networks Introduces New 400G Data Center Switches to Enhance Customized Services

　The modern world means a lot of bandwidth consumption, and from enterprise owned data centers to public clouds, the demand for bandwidth will only continue to rise as technology evolves. For enterprises to adapt to this trend, it will become inevitable to deploy data centers with 400G-capable devices.

　　To help customers make this transition, Juniper Networks has developed a number of 400G products over the past two years, offering 11 switching and routing platforms.

　　Today, I am pleased to introduce the latest addition to Juniper's 400G family - the QFX5130 switch based on the Broadcom Trident 4 chipset. Building on the value and performance already available on commercial chips, our development team has added rich software capabilities to the QFX5130 to optimize operational and security capabilities.

　　Juniper's disciplined, value-driven solutions will provide significant benefits to enterprises that need to scale their networks to run complex traffic processing-based applications with dynamic telemetry and traffic steering capabilities.

　　Juniper Networks is the first vendor to offer an integrated solution with the programmability of the Broadcom Trident 4 commercial silicon," said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of the Core Switching Business Unit at Broadcom. By extending the many forwarding capabilities of Junos OS to the programmable 400G commercial chipset, Juniper Networks is making this solution, which supports diverse usage scenarios, available to more customers at a very favorable price."

　　Juniper Networks is renewing its success by delivering a new platform that meets the needs of 400G. From the launch of our first 400G product, the PTX10003 packet transport router, Juniper Networks has a total of more than 75 customers, including those who have already deployed 400G platforms and those who are in beta testing. Just last month, we launched the PTX10001-36MR, a cloud-optimized, high-density router based on Juniper's Triton chip. Juniper's 400G product family spans applications from the data center spine, data center edge and data center interconnect to the core, peering and multi-service edge, and the PTX family includes the industry's unique 400GbE tandem MACsec (Media Access Control Security).

　　400G Economic Drivers As servers begin to adopt 100G ports and applications demand faster network speeds, economies of scale are driving the industry toward 400G. Network economics are gaining more attention, especially for large and network-grade data centers, where the market demand for more efficient networks is skyrocketing and continued cost per bit reductions are becoming a focus. By bringing economic leverage to the networking segment, the QFX5130 offers new possibilities for customers.

　　The launch of the QFX5130 marks the beginning of a new creative journey for Juniper Networks, which continues to power the 400G space based on its highly recognized programming capabilities and the vast software capabilities built specifically for the new custom programmable ASICs.

　　Juniper Networks has a deep background in programmable silicon solutions," said Alan Weckel, founder and technical analyst of the 650 Group. The Trident 4-based QFX switches add flexibility to their 400G product family to meet the industry's need for telemetry and programmability in the multi-cloud space, greatly enhancing their enterprise value."

　　QFX5130 Switch Overview and ApplicationsSome large data center customers require 400/100GbE switches with advanced switching and routing capabilities while remaining cost effective, and the QFX5130 provides the flexibility to customize services and tune operations to ensure scalability for maximum performance and security.The QFX5130 incorporates the most modern network operating system - Junos OS, which has been recently rebuilt specifically for cloud networking applications through its decoupled software design. Within this platform, Juniper Networks can incorporate new features and custom extensions to enable a wide variety of applications.

　　The QFX5130 enables customers to implement a variety of applications, such as delivering customized services over mobile networks or accelerating the completion of groundbreaking scientific research through high-performance computing clusters. And, because of its scale and richness in packet inspection, filtering and telemetry, the platform is particularly well suited for certain applications - such as neural networks designed for artificial intelligence applications, including autonomous driving, decomposed storage, packet proxies and OTT streaming services.

　　Delivering Differentiation As applications become more dynamic, there is an increasing demand for flexibility in packet processing. Here, it is easy to think of examples of applications: for example, applications adjusting their behavior based on network or device conditions, whether it is suppressing application throughput during intermittent packet loss or turning on massive data backups during off-hours.

　　The new generation of Juniper Networks programmable switches offers more options for cost-driven data switching platforms. When network services and forwarding behavior need to be controlled based on conditions inside and outside the network, programmable mechanisms with deep traffic handling capabilities are a must. This mechanism gives Juniper engineers the flexibility to work closely with customers to implement specialized applications based on the programmability of the QFX5130.

　　Starting today our 400G product family is ready to go and our customers are already running 400G networks. As Juniper customers rapidly expand their networks and deploy our 400G platform, we are pleased that many of them are also taking advantage of Juniper Financial Services (JFS) offers to help them meet market demand. Customers tell us that these services allow them to make much-needed expansions in response to large increases in traffic due to telecommuting, Internet classes and remote connections.

　　Juniper Networks can help you get your network ready for the impact of new applications, dynamic traffic patterns and greater scale. Learn more about our 400G solutions and the value and benefits they can bring to your digital business.

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