Hi All,

I have a couple e-SATA enclosures that each contain multiple disks. I'd like to be able to determine which ATA device corresponds with which /dev/sd* device. Is there any way to do this?

When I list the ATA devices I see 15 in each of my e-SATA enclosures (dev9 and dev10). Only 3 disks are actually populated in each of these enclosures.

# ls -l /sys/class/ata_device | grep external

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9/dev9.0/ata_device/dev9.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.0.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.0/dev9.0.0/ata_device/dev9.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.1.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.1/dev9.1.0/ata_device/dev9.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.2.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.2/dev9.2.0/ata_device/dev9.2.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.3.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.3/dev9.3.0/ata_device/dev9.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.4.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.4/dev9.4.0/ata_device/dev9.4.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.5.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.5/dev9.5.0/ata_device/dev9.5.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.6.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.6/dev9.6.0/ata_device/dev9.6.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.7.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.7/dev9.7.0/ata_device/dev9.7.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.8.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.8/dev9.8.0/ata_device/dev9.8.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.9.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.9/dev9.9.0/ata_device/dev9.9.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.10.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.10/dev9.10.0/ata_device/dev9.10.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.11.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.11/dev9.11.0/ata_device/dev9.11.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.12.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.12/dev9.12.0/ata_device/dev9.12.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.13.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.13/dev9.13.0/ata_device/dev9.13.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev9.14.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/link9.14/dev9.14.0/ata_device/dev9.14.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10/dev10.0/ata_device/dev10.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.0.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.0/dev10.0.0/ata_device/dev10.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.1.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.1/dev10.1.0/ata_device/dev10.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.2.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.2/dev10.2.0/ata_device/dev10.2.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.3.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.3/dev10.3.0/ata_device/dev10.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.4.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.4/dev10.4.0/ata_device/dev10.4.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.5.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.5/dev10.5.0/ata_device/dev10.5.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.6.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.6/dev10.6.0/ata_device/dev10.6.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.7.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.7/dev10.7.0/ata_device/dev10.7.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.8.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.8/dev10.8.0/ata_device/dev10.8.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.9.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.9/dev10.9.0/ata_device/dev10.9.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.10.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.10/dev10.10.0/ata_device/dev10.10.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.11.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.11/dev10.11.0/ata_device/dev10.11.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.12.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.12/dev10.12.0/ata_device/dev10.12.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.13.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.13/dev10.13.0/ata_device/dev10.13.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 dev10.14.0 -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/link10.14/dev10.14.0/ata_device/dev10.14.0

These are the block devices which correspond to the disks which have been inserted in these two enclosures:

# ls -l /sys/class/block | grep external

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sde -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/host8/target8:0:0/8:0:0:0/block/sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sdf -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/host8/target8:1:0/8:1:0:0/block/sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sdg -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata9/host8/target8:2:0/8:2:0:0/block/sdg

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sdh -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sdi -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/host9/target9:1:0/9:1:0:0/block/sdi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 17 20:41 sdj -> ../../devices/soc.0/fd800000.pcie-external0/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/ata10/host9/target9:2:0/9:2:0:0/block/sdj

What I really want to know is which physical slot in my e-SATA enclosure corresponds to a given block device. I was hoping that by knowing the ATA device I could figure this out, assuming that the ATA device will be fixed to a given slot.

Thanks for your help.