Juniper Networks QFabric Interoperable With EMC Storage Systems

Juniper Networks, Inc. announced that its QFabric family of products has completed rigorous testing through EMC E-Lab and is qualified to interoperate with EMC VMAX and VNX storage arrays.

In addition, Juniper Networks noted that it QFabric system has been added to EMC’s Support Matrix.

EMC E-Lab conducts interoperability testing and is a standard for server networking and storage interoperability.

EMC E-Lab has completed interoperability testing on the QFabric solution in an end-to-end, multivendor environment, which included testing and qualification of solutions with hypervisors, OSs, CNA, FC, Ethernet switches, and EMC VMAX and EMC VNX storage systems.

The qualification adds Juniper Networks QFX3500 10GbE top-of-rack switch, QFX3000-M QFabric System and QFX3000-G QFabric System to EMC’s Support Matrix.

The QFabric/EMC interoperability means customers can plan, deploy and scale to support growing storage environments, and respond to changes in their data center networks using the QFabric system or QFX3500 Switch in EMC VMAX and VNX storage environments.

"Many enterprises manage data centers where compute, storage and networking solutions are multivendor environments, often with additional complexity, and increased provisioning and operational costs. With Juniper’s QFabric networking solution having met EMC’s qualifications and interoperability requirements, enterprise IT customers will have that extra assurance that QFabric can be successfully deployed as part of inter-operable datacenter infrastructure, creating new opportunities for Juniper," said Rohit Mehra, VP, network infrastructure, IDC.

"By qualifying Juniper’s QFabric family of products through the rigorous EMC E-Lab testing process, customers can confidently deploy QFabric within EMC VMAX and EMC VNX storage environments as they transform their IT infrastructures," said Carolyn Muise, senior director, EMC E-Lab WW Operations, EMC.

"With the volume of business data doubling every year, simplified storage convergence has become strategic to data centers. More than ever, customers want vendors to take complexity out of the equation, making the Juniper Network QFabric family of products ideal for connecting storage environments. With the latest interoperability testing, customers can confidently deploy the industry’s most comprehensive network fabric solution with the leading storage provider," said Denise Shiffman, VP, product management and strategy, Juniper Networks.