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General settings
The General Settings menu allows the user to refresh the GUI cache, set the low graphics 
mode option, and tenable advanced pools settings.
Complete the following steps to configure general GUI preferences:
1. From the Settings pane, point to Settings and click GUI Preferences (see Figure 5-83).
Figure 5-83   General GUI Preferences window
2. You can configure the following elements:
– Refresh GUI cache
This option causes the GUI to refresh all of its views and clears the GUI cache. The 
GUI looks up every object again. This option is useful if a value or object that is shown 
in the CLI is not being reflected in the GUI.
– Clear Customization
This option deletes all GUI preferences that are stored in the browser and restores the 
default preferences.
– IBM Knowledge Center
You can change the URL of IBM Knowledge Center for IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
– The accessibility option enables Low gra phic mode when the system is connected 
through a slower network.
– Advanced pool settings allow you to select the extent size during storage pool creation.
– Default log out time in minutes afte r inactivity in the established session.
5.11  Additional frequent tasks in GUI
This section describes additional options and tasks available in the GUI of your IBM Storwize 
V7000 that are frequently used by administrators.
5.11.1  Renaming components
These sections provide guidance about how to rename your system and canisters.
Renaming IBM Storwize V7000 system
All objects in the system have names that are user-defined or system-generated. Choose a 
meaningful name when you create an object. If you do not choose a name for the object, the 
system generates a name for you.