Juniper Networks expanded its SD-WAN management console to now include its SD-LAN service that provides enterprises with a simplified approach to managing their SD-branch deployments. The vendor also launched a trio of new SD-branch devices targeted at the enterprise space.

The SD-WAN enhancements allows users to now provision Juniper’s EX Series switches to manage LAN fabrics and configure LAN virtualization and security policies similar to how they control their SD-WAN environment. This should reduce the cost and complexity of managing those environments.

James Kelly, director of product marketing at Juniper, explained in an email to SDxCentral that the update builds on Juniper’s move earlier this year to deliver a cloud-delivered version of its Contrail SD-WAN service to simplify adoption and operations. He noted that the "cloud-managed Contrail SD-WAN is the solution and Contrail Service Orchestration is the controller for both secure SD-WAN and SD-LAN."

That update also added support for more variations of passive redundant hybrid WAN links; internet breakout at the WAN edge CPE or centralized WAN hubs; and topologies such as hub and spoke, partial mesh, and dynamic full mesh.

The newly enhanced portal can also be used to show Mist wireless access points and launch the Mist cloud product to provision and manage an enterprises’ WLAN deployment. Juniper last month rolled out Mist’s artificial intelligence (AI) engine across wired and wireless networks that in combination with automation can troubleshoot and self-correct across the entire IT environment.

Manoj Leelanivas, EVP and chief product officer at Juniper, explained in a blog post that the new combo moves the vendor in the direction of “delivering on the ultimate promise of an AI-driven enterprise.”

“These latest enhancements take us one step closer to that goal by expanding the breadth of our cloud offering and delivering even more deployment options for simple, seamless, and secure campus and branch networks,” he wrote.

Juniper also unveiled three new CPE devices to power SD-branch deployments. One comes from its NFX device family that is focused more on running Juniper and third-party networking functions, and two from its SRX family that is a firewall that combines security and network connectivity.

The NFX350 device includes the latest x86 processor, up to 2 terabytes of storage, up to 128 gigabytes of RAM, and support for up to 32 virtual CPUs (vCPUs). It also comes with eight 10G and eight 1G interfaces and can support up to 40 GB/s of next-generation firewall.

The SRX380 supports up to 1 GB/s of IPsec, has four 10G ports, 16 PoE+ ports, AES256 MACsec encryption, and four mini-card expansion slots. There is also a new SRX WiFi card targeted at smaller branch locations that can be inserted into current SRX products to allow for zero-touch WiFi configuration alongside 4G LTE, Ethernet, and other traditional network transport.

CORRECTION: Title for Juniper's James Kelly has been corrected.