0bc2:231c — Expansion Portable
Seagate RSS LLC
- Vendor ID
- 0bc2
- Product ID
- 231c
- Combined
- 0bc2:231c
- Decimal
- 3010:8988
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Expansion Portable manufactured by Seagate RSS LLC. The vendor ID 0bc2 is registered to Seagate RSS LLC with the USB Implementers Forum, and 231c is the product ID that Seagate RSS LLC assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bc2:231c Seagate RSS LLC Expansion Portable.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bc2:231c Seagate RSS LLC Expansion Portable
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bc2:231c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bc2:231c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=231c.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BC2&PID_231C USB\VID_0BC2&PID_231C&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BC2&PID_231C"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Expansion Portable:
Product ID: 0x231c
Vendor ID: 0x0bc2 (Seagate RSS LLC)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:
0bc2 Seagate RSS LLC 231c Expansion Portable