Effects of disabling device adapters

You can disable an adapter, as explained in Viewing-the-device-adapter-listing. Disabling an adapter makes it unavailable to users. Disabled adapters do not appear in user selection controls in the user interface. You may choose to disable vendors and device types for the equipment you do not own, to reduce the size of frequently presented menus. You might choose to disable custom actions that are not appropriate to your site, to prevent users from running them.

The following table explains the details of disabling various types of adapters: