An architecture, arrangement, system, and method for providing service access in a data center are disclosed. In one embodiment, an arrangement can include: an aggregation switch configured to transfer data between a network and an access layer; and service modules coupled to the aggregation switch, where each service module is configured to provide a service for the data when selected. The service modules can include: firewall, load balancer, secure sockets layer (SSL) offloader, intrusion detection system (IDS), and cache, for example. Further, the service selection can be substantially transparent to an associated server.