Server hardwareEdit online This section details the server configuration used in the tests. System z – LPAR ConfigurationFor the first set of evaluations an IBM® System z196, Model 2817-M66 was used. Storage server - DS8K15The storage server DS8K15 is an IBM® System Storage® DS8800, Model 951 with 8 host adapters connected with 4 FICON® Express8 8 GBit channel cards.Parent topic: Hardware and software configuration