HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS V3.1.x/4.1.x Reference Guide - Page 549

portcfgpersistentdisable portcfgpersistentdisable Disable a port persistently. Synopsis portcfgpersistentdisable portnumber Availability Admin Release V3.1.x and V4.1.x Description Use this command to persistently disable a port. Persistently disabled ports remain disabled across power cycles, switch reboots, and switch enables. By default a port is enabled persistently. The change in configuration is effective immediately. The persistent disable configuration overrides all other port configurations but it does not change the configuration of any other port settings. Use the portcfgpersistentenable command to enable a port persistently. A persistent enabled port re-enables all previously set port configurations of that port. The switch will still run the power on diagnostics and initialize a persistently disabled port. A persistently disabled port can temporarily be enabled by portenable command. The switchenable command will not enable the persistently disabled ports of that switch. The persistent switch disable or enable configuration does not alter the persistent disable or enable configurations of the ports within the switch. Like all other configurable port attributes, port persistent disable will not be affected by configdefault command. But it will be cleared by portcfgdefault command, because a port, by default, is enabled persistently. Fabric OS Version 3.1.x/4.1.x Reference Guide 549