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.