With IPHost Network Monitor you can run simple snmp requests against a HP device in your network.
hpicfChainThisBox
HP Integrated Communication Facility Chain This Box
1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.1.1.5.1.5
This object will contain the value 'true' if this entry in the chain table corresponds to the box which contains the agent which is responding to this SNMP request, and will contain the value 'false' otherwise.
Back to hpprocurve-v2-hpchain MIB page.
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