How to Logically Disconnect a USB Device

If you want to remove a USB device from the system and the prtconf output, but you are not physically near the system, just logically disconnect the USB device. The device is still physically connected, but it is logically disconnected, unusable, and not visible to the system.

1. Become superuser.

2. Disconnect a USB device.

   # cfgadm -c disconnect -y usb0/4.7

3. Verify that the device is disconnected.

   # cfgadm usb0/4.7 Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition usb0/4.7 unknown disconnected unconfigured ok