HPE expands self-driving networking across AI environments
Wed, 17th Jun 2026 (Today)
HPE has expanded its self-driving networking strategy with new networking, security and AI operations capabilities designed for AI factories, data centres and enterprise edge environments.
The company said the updates extend automation and AI-driven operations across its networking portfolio while increasing integration between networking, compute and hybrid cloud platforms. The announcements also deepen the integration of the HPE Juniper networking portfolio into HPE's AI infrastructure offerings.
"The success of agentic AI in the enterprise depends on a modern networking foundation built for autonomous workflows, where network performance, reliability, and intelligence determine the effectiveness of the entire AI architecture," said Rami Rahim, Executive Vice President, President and General Manager, Networking, HPE. "HPE is delivering that foundation, enabling enterprises to deploy agentic AI with greater control, confidence, security, and operational simplicity."
AI infrastructure
HPE is expanding its AI Data Centre Solution to include HPE Networking technologies, integrating HPE Juniper Networking QFX switches managed through HPE Networking Data Centre Director.
The company said the addition strengthens its AI infrastructure stack across compute, networking, storage, software and services. The integration is intended to accelerate deployment of AI data centres while improving interoperability and operational consistency.
The expanded platform is designed to support both AI training and inference workloads. HPE said the architecture can support AI infrastructure platforms such as AMD Helios as organisations move projects from testing into production environments.
As part of the update, HPE introduced the HPE Juniper Networking QFX5140 Switch, which is aimed at inference clusters and edge AI deployments. It also launched the HPE Juniper Networking QFX5252 Switch tray for AMD Helios, providing scale-up networking capabilities for rack-scale AI infrastructure.
The company said the new switching technologies are designed to reduce network bottlenecks that can limit GPU utilisation in AI environments.
Network automation
HPE also announced additional Agentic AIOps capabilities across its networking portfolio.
The company is extending support for HPE Networking CX wired access switches within the HPE Mist platform. This gives customers access to AI-driven network visibility, automated provisioning, service-level monitoring and AI-assisted operational actions.
HPE is also bringing HPE Marvis self-driving capabilities to HPE Aruba Central. The update introduces automated functions including wired port remediation intended to reduce manual operational tasks.
The moves form part of HPE's effort to align the HPE Aruba Central and HPE Mist platforms through shared AI capabilities, hardware support and operational workflows.
HPE also expanded data centre management features within the Mist platform. New predictive maintenance capabilities use AI and machine learning to identify potential system and optics failures before they occur.
The company has also introduced an advanced reasoning agent that analyses operational data streams and support case information to identify root causes of network issues and recommend remediation actions.
Platform integration
HPE announced additional integration between networking, compute and hybrid cloud management platforms.
HPE Mist Networking Data Centre Assurance is now integrated with HPE Compute Ops Management. The company said the integration provides visibility across networking and compute infrastructure through a shared operational experience.
The same capability is also being integrated into GreenLake. HPE said this provides a unified interface for infrastructure management across multiple technology domains.
The integrations build on previous work involving HPE OpsRamp Software and HPE Morpheus Software as the company seeks to create a more unified operational environment.
Security focus
HPE also introduced a unified secure access service edge (SASE) platform built on HPE Networking EdgeConnect.
The platform combines SD-WAN and cloud-delivered security services within a single management environment. HPE said the platform supports zero trust security models through integrated Security Service Edge capabilities and dedicated secure web gateway protection.
Additional features include support for keeping traffic within corporate environments through private edge capabilities and AI-assisted operations designed to identify security issues and accelerate resolution.
HPE said the platform is intended to simplify management of networking and security operations while helping organisations secure users, devices and applications across distributed environments.
The Network Migration Program through HPE Financial Services was also launched. The programme includes hardware financing, software financing and asset recovery options designed to help organisations transition to AI-ready network infrastructure.