Indicates the state of the edge device VREP FSM. Options: 1. idle(1) -Initially VREP is in the Idle state for each peer 2. connect(2) -In this state, an edge device is waiting for a transport protocol connection to be completed to the peer, and is listening for inbound transport connections from the peer 3. active(3) -In this state, an edge device is listening for an inbound connection from the peer, but is not in the process of initiating a connection to the peer 4. opensent(4) -In this state, an edge device has sent an OPEN message to its peer and is waiting for an OPEN message from its peer 5. openconfirm(5) -In this state, an edge device has sent an OPEN to its peer, received an OPEN from its peer, and sent a KEEPALIVE in response to the OPEN 6. established(6) -In the Established state, an LS can exchange UPDATE, NOTIFICATION, and KEEPALIVE messages with its peer