With the availability of Intel's Xeon E5-2600 v3 family of processors, a variety of server vendors are launching compute platforms that take advantage of the performance increases of the new Xeon architecture.
Dual-port 10GbE network option provides high-speed network connectivity ideal for diving high performance storage arrays; A broad range of management choices inside and outside the HP management ecosystem; Improved storage options including support for SAS3 SSDs
Support contract required for long-term non-critical software/BIOS updates