Introduction

Juniper Data Center Assurance (DC Assurance) is a SaaS-based Day 2 observability and analytics platform for data centers managed by Apstra Data Center Director. It provides real-time visibility into data center operations, enabling network administrators to proactively detect, analyze, and resolve network events and anomalies that may impact application performance and user experience.

By analysing network operations and performing root cause analysis of network events, the DC Assurance application helps identify issues early, reducing mean time to resolution and minimizing network disruption. By delivering actionable insights rather than raw telemetry, DC Assurance supports proactive and data-driven network operations.

The capabilities of DC Assurance include:

• Application Awareness—Visualizes active services and traffic flows across the data center fabric.

• Impact Analysis—Shows how issues in the network infrastructure affect application traffic and end-user experience.

• Predictive Analytics—Applies machine learning to historical data to forecast trends and identify potential anomalies or failures before they occur.

• Network Sustainability Analytics—Offers visibility into power consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and operational costs, and provides forecasts and recommendations to improve energy efficiency.

• Service Level Expectations (SLEs)—Helps measure network performance against defined benchmarks.

• DC Hub—Provides a platform to discover, install, and manage add-ons to add functionality and analytics within Apstra for your specific requirements.

• Marvis Actions and Marvis AI Assistant—Applies AIOps to analyze insights, recommend actions, and accelerate troubleshooting.