IS to select slice from 3D DMDA vector : IS Object: 1 MPI process type: general Number of indices in set 16 0 0 1 4 2 8 3 12 4 16 5 20 6 24 7 28 8 32 9 36 10 40 11 44 12 48 13 52 14 56 15 60 Extracted slice vector, in DMDA ordering : Vec Object: 1 MPI process type: seq -4. -6. -8. -10. 96. 94. 92. 90. 196. 194. 192. 190. 296. 294. 292. 290. subset MPI subcomm size is : 1, includes global rank : 0 Extracted slice vector, in natural ordering : Vec Object: 1 MPI process type: mpi Process [0] -4. -6. -8. -10. 96. 94. 92. 90. 196. 194. 192. 190. 296. 294. 292. 290.