0bc2:a003 — Backup Plus

Seagate RSS LLC

Vendor ID: 0bc2
Product ID: a003
Combined: 0bc2:a003
Decimal: 3010:40963

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Backup Plus manufactured by Seagate RSS LLC. The vendor ID 0bc2 is registered to Seagate RSS LLC with the USB Implementers Forum, and a003 is the product ID that Seagate RSS LLC assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bc2:a003 Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bc2:a003 Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bc2:a003, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bc2:a003. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=a003.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0BC2&PID_A003
USB\VID_0BC2&PID_A003&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BC2&PID_A003"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Backup Plus:
      Product ID: 0xa003
      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
	a003  Backup Plus

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