Abstract: A system and method are described for increasing performance of operations implemented in a storage system utilizing fibre channel, such as by enabling full duplex opens when a JBOD/bridge is involved. In an aspect of the present invention, a method of performing a full duplex open in a fibre channel network having an initiator and a bridge may include initiating an open by the initiator with the bridge. The bridge has a primary physical address and an alias physical address. The alias physical address represents a target device communicatively coupled to the bridge, wherein the open is initiated utilizing the primary physical address. The initiator communicates with the target device.