0bc2:ab38 — Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage)
Seagate RSS LLC
- Vendor ID
- 0bc2
- Product ID
- ab38
- Combined
- 0bc2:ab38
- Decimal
- 3010:43832
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage) manufactured by Seagate RSS LLC. The vendor ID 0bc2 is registered to Seagate RSS LLC with the USB Implementers Forum, and ab38 is the product ID that Seagate RSS LLC assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bc2:ab38 Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bc2:ab38 Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bc2:ab38, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bc2:ab38. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=ab38.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BC2&PID_AB38 USB\VID_0BC2&PID_AB38&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BC2&PID_AB38"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage):
Product ID: 0xab38
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 ab38 Backup Plus Hub (Mass Storage)