diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 1633f209..cd9c2bdd 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Depends: fonts-font-awesome,
          smartmontools,
          mtx,
          mt-st,
+	 sg3-utils,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends},
 Recommends: zfsutils-linux,
diff --git a/src/api2/tape/drive.rs b/src/api2/tape/drive.rs
index 05afea31..5932ef4d 100644
--- a/src/api2/tape/drive.rs
+++ b/src/api2/tape/drive.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use crate::{
         TapeDeviceInfo,
         MediaIdFlat,
         LabelUuidMap,
+        MamAttribute,
     },
     server::WorkerTask,
     tape::{
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ use crate::{
         mtx_load,
         mtx_unload,
         linux_tape_device_list,
+        read_mam_attributes,
         open_drive,
         media_changer,
         update_changer_online_status,
@@ -768,6 +770,32 @@ fn barcode_label_media_worker(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[api(
+    input: {
+        properties: {
+            drive: {
+                schema: DRIVE_NAME_SCHEMA,
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    returns: {
+        description: "A List of medium auxiliary memory attributes.",
+        type: Array,
+        items: {
+            type: MamAttribute,
+        },
+    },
+)]
+/// Read Medium auxiliary memory attributes (Cartridge Memory)
+pub fn mam_attributes(drive: String) -> Result<Vec<MamAttribute>, Error> {
+
+    let (config, _digest) = config::drive::config()?;
+
+    let drive_config: LinuxTapeDrive = config.lookup("linux", &drive)?;
+
+    read_mam_attributes(&drive_config.path)
+}
+
 #[sortable]
 pub const SUBDIRS: SubdirMap = &sorted!([
     (
@@ -801,6 +829,11 @@ pub const SUBDIRS: SubdirMap = &sorted!([
         &Router::new()
             .put(&API_METHOD_LOAD_SLOT)
     ),
+    (
+        "mam-attributes",
+        &Router::new()
+            .put(&API_METHOD_MAM_ATTRIBUTES)
+    ),
     (
         "read-label",
         &Router::new()
diff --git a/src/api2/types/tape/drive.rs b/src/api2/types/tape/drive.rs
index b3a68ba1..aff3373e 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/tape/drive.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/tape/drive.rs
@@ -99,3 +99,15 @@ pub struct DriveListEntry {
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if="Option::is_none")]
     pub serial: Option<String>,
 }
+
+#[api()]
+#[derive(Serialize,Deserialize)]
+/// Medium auxiliary memory attributes (MAM)
+pub struct MamAttribute {
+    /// Attribute id
+    pub id: u16,
+    /// Attribute name
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Attribute value
+    pub value: String,
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
index a6cb8852..70d20ddf 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-tape.rs
@@ -512,6 +512,48 @@ fn debug_scan(param: Value) -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 }
 
+#[api(
+    input: {
+        properties: {
+            drive: {
+                schema: DRIVE_NAME_SCHEMA,
+                optional: true,
+            },
+             "output-format": {
+                schema: OUTPUT_FORMAT,
+                optional: true,
+             },
+        },
+    },
+)]
+/// Read Medium auxiliary memory attributes (Cartridge Memory)
+fn mam_attributes(
+    mut param: Value,
+    rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+
+    let (config, _digest) = config::drive::config()?;
+
+    param["drive"] = lookup_drive_name(&param, &config)?.into();
+
+    let output_format = get_output_format(&param);
+    let info = &api2::tape::drive::API_METHOD_MAM_ATTRIBUTES;
+
+    let mut data = match info.handler {
+        ApiHandler::Sync(handler) => (handler)(param, info, rpcenv)?,
+        _ => unreachable!(),
+    };
+
+    let options = default_table_format_options()
+        .column(ColumnConfig::new("id"))
+        .column(ColumnConfig::new("name"))
+        .column(ColumnConfig::new("value"))
+        ;
+
+    format_and_print_result_full(&mut data, info.returns, &output_format, &options);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[api(
    input: {
         properties: {
@@ -593,6 +635,11 @@ fn main() {
             CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_READ_LABEL)
                 .completion_cb("drive", complete_drive_name)
         )
+        .insert(
+            "mam",
+            CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_MAM_ATTRIBUTES)
+                .completion_cb("drive", complete_drive_name)
+        )
         .insert(
             "label",
             CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_LABEL_MEDIA)
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/mam.rs b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e22da38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+
+use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
+use endian_trait::Endian;
+
+use proxmox::tools::io::ReadExt;
+
+use crate::api2::types::MamAttribute;
+
+// Read Medium auxiliary memory attributes (MAM)
+// see IBM SCSI reference: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7003556&aid=1
+
+#[derive(Endian)]
+#[repr(C,packed)]
+struct MamAttributeHeader {
+    id: u16,
+    flags: u8,
+    len: u16,
+}
+
+enum MamFormat {
+    BINARY,
+    ASCII,
+    DEC,
+}
+
+static MAM_ATTRIBUTES: &'static [ (u16, u16, MamFormat, &'static str) ] = &[
+    (0x00_00, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Remaining Capacity In Partition"),
+    (0x00_01, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Maximum Capacity In Partition"),
+    (0x00_02, 8, MamFormat::BINARY, "Tapealert Flags"),
+    (0x00_03, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Load Count"),
+    (0x00_04, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "MAM Space Remaining"),
+    (0x00_05, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Assigning Organization"),
+    (0x00_06, 1, MamFormat::BINARY, "Formatted Density Code"),
+    (0x00_07, 2, MamFormat::DEC, "Initialization Count"),
+    (0x00_09, 4, MamFormat::BINARY, "Volume Change Reference"),
+
+    (0x02_0A, 40, MamFormat::ASCII, "Device Vendor/Serial Number at Last Load"),
+    (0x02_0B, 40, MamFormat::ASCII, "Device Vendor/Serial Number at Load-1"),
+    (0x02_0C, 40, MamFormat::ASCII, "Device Vendor/Serial Number at Load-2"),
+    (0x02_0D, 40, MamFormat::ASCII, "Device Vendor/Serial Number at Load-3"),
+
+    (0x02_20, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Total MBytes Written in Medium Life"),
+    (0x02_21, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Total MBytes Read In Medium Life"),
+    (0x02_22, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Total MBytes Written in Current Load"),
+    (0x02_23, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Total MBytes Read in Current/Last Load"),
+    (0x02_24, 8, MamFormat::BINARY, "Logical Position of First Encrypted Block"),
+    (0x02_25, 8, MamFormat::BINARY, "Logical Position of First Unencrypted Block After the First Encrypted Block"),
+
+    (0x04_00, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Medium Manufacturer"),
+    (0x04_01, 32, MamFormat::ASCII, "Medium Serial Number"),
+    (0x04_02, 4, MamFormat::DEC, "Medium Length"),
+    (0x04_03, 4, MamFormat::DEC, "Medium Width"),
+    (0x04_04, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Assigning Organization"),
+    (0x04_05, 1, MamFormat::BINARY, "Medium Density Code"),
+    (0x04_06, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Medium Manufacture Date"),
+    (0x04_07, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "MAM Capacity"),
+    (0x04_08, 1, MamFormat::BINARY, "Medium Type"),
+    (0x04_09, 2, MamFormat::BINARY, "Medium Type Information"),
+    (0x04_0B, 10, MamFormat::BINARY, "Supported Density Codes"),
+
+    (0x08_00, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Application Vendor"),
+    (0x08_01, 32, MamFormat::ASCII, "Application Name"),
+    (0x08_02, 8, MamFormat::ASCII, "Application Version"),
+    (0x08_03, 160, MamFormat::ASCII, "User Medium Text Label"),
+    (0x08_04, 12, MamFormat::ASCII, "Date And Time Last Written"),
+    (0x08_05, 1, MamFormat::BINARY, "Text Localization Identifer"),
+    (0x08_06, 32, MamFormat::ASCII, "Barcode"),
+    (0x08_07, 80, MamFormat::ASCII, "Owning Host Textual Name"),
+    (0x08_08, 160, MamFormat::ASCII, "Media Pool"),
+    (0x08_0B, 16, MamFormat::ASCII, "Application Format Version"),
+    (0x08_0C, 50, MamFormat::ASCII, "Volume Coherency Information"),
+    (0x08_20, 36, MamFormat::ASCII, "Medium Globally Unique Identifer"),
+    (0x08_21, 36, MamFormat::ASCII, "Media Pool Globally Unique Identifer"),
+
+    (0x10_00, 28,  MamFormat::BINARY, "Unique Cartridge Identify (UCI)"),
+    (0x10_01, 24,  MamFormat::BINARY, "Alternate Unique Cartridge Identify (Alt-UCI)"),
+
+];
+
+lazy_static::lazy_static!{
+
+    static ref MAM_ATTRIBUTE_NAMES: HashMap<u16, &'static (u16, u16, MamFormat, &'static str)> = {
+        let mut map = HashMap::new();
+
+        for entry in MAM_ATTRIBUTES {
+            map.insert(entry.0, entry);
+        }
+
+        map
+    };
+}
+
+fn read_tape_mam(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+
+    let mut command = std::process::Command::new("sg_raw");
+    command.args(&[
+        "-r", "32k",
+        "-o", "-",
+        path,
+        "8c", "00", "00", "00", "00", "00", "00", "00",
+        "00", "00", // first attribute
+        "00", "00", "8f", "ff", // alloc len
+        "00", "00",
+    ]);
+
+    let output = command.output()
+        .map_err(|err| format_err!("failed to execute {:?} - {}", command, err))?;
+
+    Ok(output.stdout)
+}
+
+pub fn read_mam_attributes(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<MamAttribute>, Error> {
+
+    let data = read_tape_mam(path)?;
+
+    let mut reader = &data[..];
+
+    let data_len: u32 = unsafe { reader.read_be_value()? };
+
+    let expected_len = data_len as usize;
+
+    if reader.len() != expected_len {
+        bail!("read_mam_attributes: got unexpected data len ({} != {})", reader.len(), expected_len);
+    }
+
+    let mut list = Vec::new();
+
+    loop {
+        if reader.is_empty() {
+            break;
+        }
+        let head: MamAttributeHeader =  unsafe { reader.read_be_value()? };
+        //println!("GOT ID {:04X} {:08b} {}", head.id, head.flags, head.len);
+
+        let head_id = head.id;
+
+        let data = if head.len > 0 {
+            reader.read_exact_allocated(head.len as usize)?
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        };
+
+        if let Some(info) = MAM_ATTRIBUTE_NAMES.get(&head_id) {
+            if info.1 == head.len {
+                let value = match info.2 {
+                    MamFormat::ASCII => String::from_utf8_lossy(&data).to_string(),
+                    MamFormat::DEC => {
+                        if info.1 == 2 {
+                            format!("{}", u16::from_be_bytes(data[0..2].try_into()?))
+                        } else if info.1 == 4 {
+                            format!("{}", u32::from_be_bytes(data[0..4].try_into()?))
+                        } else if info.1 == 8 {
+                            format!("{}", u64::from_be_bytes(data[0..8].try_into()?))
+                        } else {
+                            unreachable!();
+                        }
+                    },
+                    MamFormat::BINARY => proxmox::tools::digest_to_hex(&data),
+                };
+                list.push(MamAttribute {
+                    id: head_id,
+                    name: info.3.to_string(),
+                    value,
+                });
+            } else {
+                eprintln!("read_mam_attributes: got starnge data len for id {:04X}", head_id);
+            }
+        } else {
+            // skip unknown IDs
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(list)
+}
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/mod.rs b/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
index 67a48a05..883ce51d 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ mod virtual_tape;
 mod linux_mtio;
 mod linux_tape;
 
+mod mam;
+pub use mam::*;
+
 mod linux_list_drives;
 pub use linux_list_drives::*;