z/Server setup used for testing

Here are the details of the z/Server setup used to run the tests for this paper.

Hardware
IBM z800-0LF (Linux Facility).
1 Linux Only CP (executes NO-OP every other instruction.)
8GB Storage.
FICON attached ESS800 DASD.

Channel Paths to DASD

	05:05:58  CHPIDs to Device 1000 (PIM)  : 20 22 21 23
	05:05:58   Physically Available (PAM)  : +  +  +  +
	05:05:58   Online               (LPM)  : +  +  -  -
	05:05:58                        Legend     + Yes - No
	

z/VM Vesion
z/VM Version 4 Release 3.0, Service Level 0000 (64-bit)

Guest Directory Entry

 	USER XEN00 VM4LNX 128M 128M G
	INCLUDE IBMDFLT
	IPL CMS PARM AUTOCR
    	MACHINE ESA
    	DEDICATE 0800 0118
    	DEDICATE 0801 0119
    	DEDICATE 0802 011A
 
    	MDISK 0191 3390 0001 0050 CL102A MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0201 3390 0051 END CL102A MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0301 3390 0001 END CL103B MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0302 3390 0001 END CL103C MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0303 3390 0001 END CL103D MR ALL SOME FEW

    	MDISK 0801 3390 0001 END CL1031 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0802 3390 0001 END CL1032 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0803 3390 0001 END CL1033 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0804 3390 0001 END CL1034 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0805 3390 0001 END CL1035 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0806 3390 0001 END CL1036 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0807 3390 0001 END CL1037 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0808 3390 0001 END CL1038 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0809 3390 0001 END CL1039 MR ALL SOME FEW
    	MDISK 0810 3390 0001 END CL103a MR ALL SOME FEW
	

Guest Configuration
Quick dispatch was ON (SET QUICKDSP XEN00 ON) for the duration of the tests.
Guest was running RedHat Enterprise Linux.