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Data Sheet
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Product Overview
Cloud Analytics Engine is a
next-generation analytics tool
designed for complex, dynamic
data centers of any size. Using
network data analysis to improve
application performance and
availability, Cloud Analytics
Engine performs data collection,
correlation, and visualization to
help customers better understand
workload and application
behavior across the physical and
virtual infrastructure.
Product Description Juniper Networks® Cloud Analytics Engine provides “network context” to applications. As
more and more applications are moved to public and private clouds, security, application
performance, and application availability are becoming significant challenges. With
the growth of network virtualization, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as
a Service (SaaS) offerings, public, private, and hybrid clouds, and the proliferation of
business-critical applications running in the cloud, networks have to be more flexible and
application-aware than ever to dynamically meet service-level agreements (SLAs).
While traditional network diagnostic tools like SNMP, CLI, or traceroute are useful, they were
designed for static networks that supported silos of applications. Modern data centers, on
the other hand, are all about agility, flexibility, efficiency, and simplicity, requiring a new set
of tools that can help customers deal with these emerging requirements. Cloud Analytics
Engine provides an aggregated and detailed level of visibility, tying applications and the
network together to deliver an application-centric view of network status, improving
customers’ ability to quickly roll out new applications and troubleshoot problems.
Figure 1: Cloud Analytics Engine offers an application-centric view of the network.
Cloud Analytics Engine
Your ideas. Connected.™
User driven, per-device
Low frequency and capacity data extraction
You need to know what you want to know
Limited visibility into virtual tunnels and paths
Network tells you what you need to know
Automated, proactive, end-to-end
Visualize and correlate physical and virtual
Data collected streamed at wire rate
Network-centric approach to data collection Application-centric view of intelligent network
User requestsdata from
device
The Old Way Cloud Analytics Engine
NetworkStreams Data
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Data SheetCloud Analytics Engine
Architecture and Key ComponentsCloud Analytics Engine consists of the following key software
components:
• Cloud Analytics Engine Junos OS component: Built into
Juniper Networks Junos® operating system releases on
supported Juniper switches, this software component
processes requests from the Compute Agent to collect
data, which is then sent to the Compute Agent.
• Compute Agent: Installed on virtual or bare-metal compute
nodes, the Compute Agent works with the Cloud Analytics
Engine Junos OS component to collect and configure the
requested data from network devices. The Compute Agent
is controlled by either an API or by the Data Learning Engine
component.
• Data Learning Engine: An optional software component
installed on compute nodes that store structured data
collected from the Compute Agent, the Data Learning
Engine provides longer storage and additional processing
of network analytics data. The engine also provides
a REST API for integrating with Junos Space Network
Director, allowing the application to configure analytics
data collection and visualize network analytics data.
Other applications can also use the REST API to integrate
with Cloud Analytics Engine. For information on how
Cloud Analytics Engine works with Network Director,
please visit www.juniper.net/assets/us/en/local/pdf/
datasheets/1000428-en.pdf.
Cloud Analytics Engine WorkflowCloud Analytics Engine features the following workflow:
1. Generating cloud analytics data: The Cloud Analytics
Engine can start generating data using Network Director,
the Data Learning Engine REST API, or the Compute Agent
API. Customers can select the data they want to generate
by specifying an application flow or a Virtual Extensible LAN
(VXLAN) tunnel to monitor. Each device in the path of a
monitored application flow or tunnel that supports the Cloud
Analytics Engine generates cloud analytics data for that flow
or tunnel.
2. Viewing or collecting the generated data: Customers can
use Show commands on networking devices to view certain
cloud analytics data. Like generating data, there are different
ways to collect cloud analytics data: Network Director, the
Data Learning Engine REST API, or the Compute Agent
API. Customers can select the data they want to collect by
specifying an application flow or a VXLAN tunnel.
3. Viewing the collected data: Both the Compute Agent API
and the Data Learning Engine REST API return analytics data
in JSON format. Network Director reads the data and displays
the information in a format that allows the user to visualize it.
Any other third-party tool can be used to view collected data
through open and standard API interfaces.
Figure 2: Cloud Analytics Engine components
Physical Hostwith Hypervisor
QFX Series/EX Series Switches
Junos OS
QFX Series/EX Series Switches
Junos OS
QFX Series/EX Series Switches
Junos OS
Open API Open Schema
Data Center NetworkInfrastructure
Orchestration
Data Learning Engine Network Director
VM VMCA
Physical Hostwith Hypervisor
VM VMCA
VM VM
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Data SheetCloud Analytics Engine
Features and BenefitsCloud Analytics Engine enables:
• Application visibility and performance management by
controlling application flows and workload placement
• Capacity planning and optimization by detecting hotspots
and monitoring latency and microbursts
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis by correlating
overlay and underlay network
Figure 3: Cloud Analytics Engine use cases
The Cloud Analytics Engine can be used by different IT teams,
either independently or in collaboration, to troubleshoot root
cause application or network performance and availability
problems, eliminating finger pointing between groups while
improving IT efficiency and reducing costs.
End-to-End Network Visibility and Flow Path Analysis
The Cloud Analytics Engine provides network data analysis to
improve application performance and availability by associating
flows with specific applications across the physical and virtual
infrastructure. This enhances the ability to quickly roll out new
applications and troubleshoot problems. The Cloud Analytics
Engine not only shows paths but also end-to-end, hop-by-hop
latency for the application. It also detects microbursts in the
network and identifies specific applications impacted by the activity
(see Figure 4).
Network and Host Statistics
The Cloud Analytics Engine collects hop-by-hop network and
host statistics in addition to flow path (see Figure 5).
Overlay-Underlay Correlation
As networks get virtualized, it becomes harder to troubleshoot
without having visibility into both the overlay and underlay
infrastructure. The Cloud Analytics Engine not only provides
overlay visibility, it helps network administrators correlate overlay
issues to the specific underlay network entity that is causing the
problem, reducing the time required to troubleshoot issues that
arise with network virtualization (see Figure 6).
The Cloud Analytics Engine also shows all VXLAN virtual tunnels
across the network, along with virtual machine (VM) information
that is carried across specific virtual tunnels.
Application Visibility andPerformance Management
Capacity Planningand Optimization
CloudAnalytics
EngineUse Cases
Troubleshooting andRoot Cause Analysis
Figure 4: Application flow path visibility
Flow Paths
Red App: S1 S2 S4 CA-B
Green App: S1 S3 S4 CA-B
BlueApp: S1S2S3
S4 CA-B
Flow Latency
Time stamp:T+1
Time stamp:T+3
Time stamp:T+4
Time stamp:T+2
S1
Red App: T+1
S2
Compute Node A
Network Director
S1 S4
S2
REST Call toCompute Agent
Compute Node B
T+2
S3
T+3
CA-B
T+4
End To End Latency: 4
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Data SheetCloud Analytics Engine
Figure 5: Network and host statistics information provided by the Cloud Analytics Engine
Figure 6: Overlay-underlay correlation provided by Cloud Analytics Engine
Overlay Awareness
S1> show overlay tunnel vtep summary
VNI Red: VM1, VM2, VM6, VM7
VNI Green: VM5, VM10
VNI Blue: VM3, VM4, VM8, VM9
Overlay Awareness
VNI: Blue
VNI: Green
VNI: Red
S2> show overlay tunnel vtep summary
VNI Red: VM1, VM2, VM6, VM7
VNI Blue: VM3, VM4, VM8, VM9
Overlay Awareness
S3> show overlay tunnel vtep summary
VNI Green: VM5, VM10
VNI Blue: VM3, VM4, VM8, VM9
Compute Node A
Network Director
S1 S4
S2
Compute Node B
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VM 1
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VM 3
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VM 3
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VM 4
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VM 5
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Flow Paths
Red App: S1 S2 S4 CA-B
Green App: S1 S3 S4 CA-B
BlueApp: S1S2S3
S4 CA-B
Compute Node A
S1 S4
S2
S3
Compute Node B
• Timestamp of Probe Ingress and Egress• Per Hop Latency• Ingress Interface• Hash Computed Egress Interface• Bu�er and Queue Statistics• Interface Error Statistics• Bandwidth Utilization at Ingress and Egress• ECMP Bucket Utilization
• CPU Utilization• Memory Utilization
NetworkStatistics
HostStatisitics
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Data SheetCloud Analytics Engine
1000528-001-EN Feb 2015
Specifications Supported Platforms
Switching Platform: QFX5100 switches
Junos OS Release: 14.1X53
Compute Platform: Centos 6.5 Bare-Metal Server or KVM
Hypervisor
Compute Agent API Resources:
For information on all available APIs, please visit ggwww.juniper.
net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.1/information-products/pathway-
pages/qfx-series/cloud-analytics-engine-ca-api.pdf.
Unsupported Juniper or Third-Party Devices
For Cloud Analytics Engine to provide complete end-to-end
visibility, all networking devices must support the Cloud Analytics
Junos OS component in order to communicate with the Compute
Agent probes. The Cloud Analytics Engine will work with devices
that do not support this component, including non-Juniper
devices, in the application flow path, but the only data it will
collect from them is their IP address and hop number.
Juniper Networks Services and Support
Juniper Networks is the leader in performance-enabling ser-
vices that are designed to accelerate, extend, and optimize your
high-performance network. Our services allow you to maximize
operational efficiency while reducing costs and minimizing
risk, achieving a faster time to value for your network. Juniper
Networks ensures operational excellence by optimizing the net-
work to maintain required levels of performance, reliability, and
availability. For more details, please visit www.juniper.net/us/en/
products-services.
Ordering Information Cloud Analytics Engine is sold as a solution for 25, 50, or 100
devices. The SKU pricing includes the price of agents running
on virtual or bare-metal compute devices. Perpetual and
subscription-based licenses are available for Cloud Analytics
Engine. Subscription licenses include support services, while
perpetual licenses require the purchase of a separate service SKU.
License SKU Name
S-CAE-25 Cloud Analytics Engine Solution License for 25 Devices; Perpetual
S-CAE-50 Cloud Analytics Engine Solution License for 50 Devices; Perpetual
S-CAE-100 Cloud Analytics Engine Solution License for 100 Devices; Perpetual
S-CAE-25-1Y Cloud Analytics Engine Solution 1 Year Subscription License for 25 Devices
S-CAE-25-3Y Cloud Analytics Engine Solution 3 Year Subscription License for 25 Devices
S-CAE-100-1Y Cloud Analytics Engine Solution 1 Year Subscription License for 100 Devices
S-CAE-100-3Y Cloud Analytics Engine Solution 3 Year Subscription License for 100 Devices
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devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers,
Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that
transform the experience and economics of networking. The
company serves customers and partners worldwide. Additional
information can be found at www.juniper.net.
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