3Com® VCX V7111 VoIP Gateway User Guide 307There are two major differences between tables and secret tables: The secret field itself cannot be viewed using SNMP, Web or any other application. ini file behavior: Secret tables are never displayed in an uploaded ini file (for example,when performing a 'Get ini File from Web' operation). Instead, there is a commented titlethat states that the secret table is present at the gateway and is not to be revealed.Secret tables are always kept in the gateways non-volatile memory and can be over-written by new tables that are provided in a new ini file. If a secret table appears in an inifile, it replaces the current table regardless of its content. To delete a secret table fromthe gateway, provide an empty table of the same type (with no data lines) as part of anew ini file; the empty table replaces the previous table in the gateway.Using the ini File to Configure Parameter TablesYou can use the ini file to add / modify parameter tables. When using tables, Read-Onlyparameters are not loaded, as they cause an error when trying to reload the loaded file.Therefore, Read-Only parameters must not be included in tables in the ini file. Consequently,tables are loaded with all parameters having at least one of the following permissions: Write,Create or Maintenance Write.Parameter tables (in an uploaded ini file) are grouped according to the applications theyconfigure (for example, NFS, IPSec). When loading an ini file to the gateway, therecommended policy is to include only tables that belong to applications that are to beconfigured (Dynamic tables of other applications are empty, but static tables are not).The ini file includes a Format line that defines the columns of the table to be modified (thismay vary from ini file to ini file for the same table). The Format line must only includecolumns that can be modified (parameters that are not specified as Read-Only).An exception is Index-fields that are always mandatory. In the example provided in Table 86,all fields except for the Time Connected field are loaded.Structure of Parameter Tables in the ini FileTables are composed of four elements: Title of the table: The name of the table in square brackets (for example,[MY_TABLE_NAME]). A Format line: Specifies the columns of the table (by their string names) that are to beconfigured. The first word of the Format line must be FORMAT, followed by the names of theIndices fields, and an equal sign '='. After the equal sign the names of the columnsare listed. Items must be separated by a comma ','. The Format line must end with a semicolon ';'.
