This technical report defines the functions and electrical characteristics of the high-speed parallel interface between the physical (FC-0) layer and the transmission protocol (FC-1) layer of a Fibre Channel port. This interface operates at either 2 125,0 or 1 062,5 Mbaud. This interface has additional functions and different electrical characteristics compared to the iFibre Channel - 10-bit Interfacei, previously published as X3.TR-18:1997, which operated at 1 062,5 MBaud only. This document applies in full to systems where dhe FC-0 and FC-1 layer are implemented as separate devices. For systems where the FC-0 and FC-1 devices are integrated, only the functional characteristics of this document apply.