Physical ports on the switch and their corresponding logical software interfaces are identified using the format: member/slot/port. The primary switch is always member 1. Is there any command or trick to find it. 05-24-2016 05:35 AM Hi The core switch is usually your most powerful switch and depending on the design its the one. This white paper introduces the following three types of network switches and further discusses the selection criteria for each switch. These networks are designed with three tiers that facilitate strategic. Network Switches consist of two main types: Access Switches and Core Switches. member: Member number of the switch in a Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stack. It is mainly responsible for high-speed forwarding and management of large amounts of data traffic from various aggregation layer switches.