By Michael Cooney
Publication Date: 2026-02-24 21:33:00
The three new models give customers several options for configurations and performance capabilities, but all share support for the same deep buffers, security and optics for building AI network fabrics, Francis said.
In addition to the new hardware, HPE added new AI support, including a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, to Juniper Routing Director to help customers build, configure and optimize networks, Francis said. Routing Director is the provider’s routing automation and traffic engineering platform.
Juniper Routing Director provides real-time structured context from across the WAN, HPE says, and allows agent AI, including an MCP server, to expose data and actions in a model-compliant manner. “The result? With natural language, an AI assistant can go beyond analysis: it can act (with the appropriate permissions) to orchestrate changes, validate configurations, run active tests, optimize services, and even help manage security patching workflows,” HPE wrote…
