Description: This attribute indicates the current state of the peer group leader election process. The following are the possible values for this attribute:

starting: the initial state of the state machine.

awaiting: the node has started the Hello Finite State Machine on at least one link, and no peer has been found yet.

awaitingFull: no database synchronization process has been completed yet but at least one neighboring peer has been found.

initialDelay: Database synchronization has been completed with at least one neighboring peer. The node must wait pglInitTime second before it can select and advertise its preferred Peer Group Leader (PGL).

calculating: the node is in the process of calculating what its new choice for preferred PGL will be.

operNotPgl: a non PGL node is in the process of determining which node has the highest priority to be PGL by examining PTSEs sent by other nodes.

operPgl: a PGL node is in the process of determining if another node has a higher priority than itself by examining PTSEs sent by other nodes.

awaitUnanimity: the node has chosen itself as PGL. If the node has been elected unanimously, it generates a Unanimity event. It waits for unanimity or expiration of the overrideDelay timer before declaring itself peer group leader.

hungElection: the node has chosen itself as PGL with less than 2/3 of the other nodes advertising it as their preferred PGL. In this case either this node should change its choice of preferred PGL, or the other nodes are going to accept it as PGL.

awaitReElection: the node has lost connectivity to the current PGL. The connectivity must be reestablished before the reElectionInterval timer fires, otherwise the election is redone.