Juniper SPACE VIRTUAL CONTROL Manuals

DATASHEET 1 Product Description Juniper Networks® Junos® Space Virtual Control allows users to manage, monitor, and control the virtual networks that run within virtualized servers deployed in the data center. Built on Junos Space, an open, extensible platform for developing and hosting applications designed to reduce cost and complexity while opening networks to new business opportunities, Junos Space Virtual Control contributes to a comprehensive solution that extends across the routing, switching, and security infrastructure. Rather than rebuild the virtual switch that comes as part of the hypervisor software, Virtual Control integrates with the hypervisor vendor’s existing management tools, delivering a combined solution that benefits from both vendors’ innovation and Juniper Networks’ orchestration solutions. The Challenge of Server Virtualization Server virtualization allows IT organizations to collapse multiple physical servers onto virtual machines running on a single host using software called a hypervisor. The hypervisor provides the physical resource abstraction to virtual machines deployed on the host, while virtual switches provide connectivity between virtual machines residing on the same host. These virtual switches blur the lines of responsibility between traditional network, security, and server teams. Virtual switches require a different set of management tools than physical switches, making it difficult for network operators to obtain a consolidated and consistent view of the entire network. Since the physical network must be in sync with the virtual network to provide the connectivity services required by applications in a virtual environment, this lack of visibility hampers the network operator’s ability to ensure smooth operations in virtualized data centers, especially when dynamic events such as virtual machine live migration are taking place. Product Overview The proliferation of virtual switches in the data center has presented data center operators with a significant challenge—namely, how to manage these virtual network elements in conjunction with the physical network. The tools that network operators currently use to manage their physical infrastructure provide no access to, or visibility into, the virtual infrastructure. Junos Space Virtual Control unifies physical and virtual infrastructures, providing network operators with a comprehensive view into the complete end-to-end network. Using Virtual Control, network operators can manage, monitor and control both virtual and physical networks through a single pane of glass, ensuring that network policies are consistently and automatically applied across the infrastructure. This enables error free network operations and simplifies the deployment of value- added services such as virtual machine live migration (e.g., VMware VMotion). Junos Space Virtual Control