Juniper Mist WAN Assurance

Juniper Mist WAN Assurance is a solution designed to simplify network deployment and operations, enhance visibility into end-user experiences, and expedite the resolution of SD-WAN issues. According to the vendor, this product is targeted at distributed small- and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, telecommunications providers, and managed service providers. The intended users of Juniper Mist WAN Assurance include IT managers/administrators, network engineers/architects, telecommunications professionals, managed service providers, and those in the financial services industry.

Key Features

WAN SLE Control: According to the vendor, this feature allows users to monitor and enforce service-level experiences (SLEs) using key metrics on application response times, WAN link status, gateway health, and other network conditions. It is said to provide insights into how these metrics impact end-user experiences and proactively identify the root causes of any service degradation.

AI-Driven Application Insights: The vendor claims that this feature utilizes AI-powered intelligence to assess the impact of network latency, jitter, packet loss, and other network metrics on end-user experiences by application. It is said to provide insights into gateway health, including CPU and memory consumption and link-utilization levels.

Gateway Anomaly Detection: When combined with the Marvis Virtual Network Assistant (VNA) service, the vendor states that this feature proactively detects WAN gateway anomalies to identify and resolve application issues before they impact users.

Marvis for WAN: According to the vendor, this feature offers a conversational interface that allows IT teams to use natural language to quickly obtain networking and troubleshooting answers. The vendor claims that the VNA can provide prompt and accurate replies to questions posed by users.

Cloud-Based Onboarding: The vendor states that this feature enables users to centrally configure and onboard their SD-WAN, including WAN links and service and security policies, using the Juniper Mist Cloud. Zero touch provisioning (ZTP) is said to simplify site deployments, while configuration templates enable rapid-scale implementation of the entire distributed SD-WAN.

Visibility into WAN user experiences with application-based context: According to the vendor, this feature provides visibility into WAN user experiences with application-based context, allowing IT teams to understand the impact of network performance on specific applications.

End-to-end user impact analyses based on WLAN, LAN, and WAN telemetry data: The vendor claims that this feature analyzes telemetry data from WLAN, LAN, and WAN to provide end-to-end user impact analyses. It is said to help identify the root causes of service degradation and troubleshoot network issues.

Automated identification and correction of gateway misconfigurations and faulty interfaces: According to the vendor, this feature automatically identifies and corrects gateway misconfigurations and faulty interfaces, streamlining network operations and reducing the mean time to repair SD-WAN issues.

Health insights into Session Smart Routers, SRX Series Firewalls, and WAN links: The vendor states that this feature provides health insights into Session Smart Routers, SRX Series Firewalls, and WAN links. It is said to enable IT teams to monitor and optimize the performance of network devices and links.

Simplified configuration and deployment of Session Smart Routers: According to the vendor, this feature simplifies the configuration and deployment of Session Smart Routers, streamlining network deployment and operations for branch and remote locations.