IS to select slice from 3D DMDA vector : IS Object: 4 MPI processes type: general [0] Number of indices in set 4 [0] 0 2 [0] 1 6 [0] 2 10 [0] 3 14 [1] Number of indices in set 4 [1] 0 18 [1] 1 22 [1] 2 26 [1] 3 30 [2] Number of indices in set 4 [2] 0 34 [2] 1 38 [2] 2 42 [2] 3 46 [3] Number of indices in set 4 [3] 0 50 [3] 1 54 [3] 2 58 [3] 3 62 Extracted slice vector, in DMDA ordering : Vec Object: 4 MPI processes type: mpi Process [0] 0. 0. 100. 100. Process [1] 0. 0. 100. 100. Process [2] 200. 200. 300. 300. Process [3] 200. 200. 300. 300. Extracted slice vector, in natural ordering : Vec Object: 4 MPI processes type: mpi Process [0] 0. 0. 0. 0. Process [1] 100. 100. 100. 100. Process [2] 200. 200. 200. 200. Process [3] 300. 300. 300. 300.