This reports the actual running state (disabled, enabled, or hold) of this remote MEP's state machine, where 'hold' specifically represents the debounce period after a state transition (governed by the RMEP hold-time setting) before a change is fully committed. An admin distinguishes 'hold' from a simple binary up/down because a MEP sitting in 'hold' is in the middle of settling after a recent flap, not yet confirmed stable in either direction. For example, seeing cienaCesCfmRemoteMEPOperState report 'hold' immediately after a brief link blip would tell the admin the system is still within its debounce window and the final resolved state (enabled or disabled) hasn't been committed yet.