The Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Services Module incorporates all the capabilities of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 32-Port Fiber Channel Switching Module, introducing in addition a variety of innovative storage services. The Storage Services Module is available in a 32-port configuration and accepts the same 2-Gbps Fiber Channel Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical modules as the Fiber Channel switching module.