Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Cli Reference Manual page 1688

output definitions (continued)
Kalive
Ka(C)
Release History
Release 6.1; command was introduced.
Related Commands
show ip bgp neighbors
page 25-176
The current count, in seconds, between keepalive messages. Keepalive
messages do not contain route or status updates; they serve only to tell
other peers that the connection is still live and this peer is reachable.
The keepalive interval as configured through the
timers command.
Displays BGP peer main status.
ip bgp neighbor
OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide
BGP Commands
June 2012