05a6:0009 — Console (Cisco Systems, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Console manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc.. The vendor ID 05a6 is registered to Cisco Systems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0009 is the product ID that Cisco Systems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05a6:0009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Console.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a6:0009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Console

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05a6:0009, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05a6:0009. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05a6, idProduct=0009.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_05A6&PID_0009
USB\VID_05A6&PID_0009&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05A6&PID_0009"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Console:
      Product ID: 0x0009
      Vendor ID: 0x05a6  (Cisco Systems, Inc.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

05a6  Cisco Systems, Inc.
	0009  Console

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