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frame

An ordered series of words that is the basic unit of data transmission in a Fibre Channel network.

A Fibre Channel frame consists of a Start of Frame Word (SoF) (40 bits); a Frame Header (8 Words or 320 bits); data (0 to 524 Words or 0 to 2192 ten bit encoded bytes; a CRC (One Word or 40 bits); and an End of Frame (EoF) (40 bits). See data frame.

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