Hardware and software configurations

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Read this topic for a description of the software and hardware configurations for the SUT. The scenario represents a complete customer-like environment with a Cognos® BI Server and three online stock trading systems (DayTrader benchmark application).

The system is implemented in a single System z® LPAR running a z/VM® version 6.3 hypervisor on a System z Enterprise 196 (IBM® z196) mainframe. The storage subsystem is a IBM DS8800 connected via FICON® Express8.