Minimum configuration refers to the most basic parts of the Power E1050 server in an initial valid order to have a fully working environment. This configuration was tested, validated, and certified by an IBM development team. The Power E1050 server model belongs to the mid-range category, and it can scale up vertically through physical add-on upgrades and resource activations of inactive processors and memory capacity, otherwise known as Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD).

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The Power E1050 server is 4-socket based processor where the first two sockets at a minimum must be populated. As for the memory DIMM slots, four out of 16 per socket must be inserted. The smallest set is 256 GB.

Table 1-6 lists the minimum features of a Power E1050 server configuration.

Table 1-6 Selecting the minimum configuration for the Power E1050 server

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