diff --git a/ops/nixos/blade-torres/default.nix b/ops/nixos/blade-torres/default.nix
index 788f997d15..0f1d800c0d 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/blade-torres/default.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/blade-torres/default.nix
@@ -16,12 +16,20 @@ in {
   networking = {
     hostName = "blade-torres";
     hostId = "86db1d9c";
+
+    # HACK: torres' secondary intf. seems to be having problems
+    # temporarily remap this onto the VLANs with everything else.
+    vlans.en-storage = {
+      id = 101;
+      interface = "en-int";
+    };
   };
   my.ip.tailscale = "100.92.118.36";
   my.blade.bay = 8;
   my.blade.macAddress = {
     internal = "e4:11:5b:ac:e3:cc";
-    storage = "e4:11:5b:ac:e3:d0";
+    storage = null;
+    #storage = "e4:11:5b:ac:e3:d0";
   };
 
   services.ceph = {
diff --git a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
index 2ee6e74804..3fbb0b1a9f 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/lib/blade.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in {
       type = lib.types.str;
     };
     macAddress.storage = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.str;
+      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
     };
     macAddress.internet = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ in {
     };
     services.udev.extraRules = ''
       ATTR{address}=="${config.my.blade.macAddress.internal}", NAME="en-int"
+    '' + (lib.optionalString (config.my.blade.macAddress.storage != null) ''
       ATTR{address}=="${config.my.blade.macAddress.storage}", NAME="en-storage"
     '' + (lib.optionalString (config.my.blade.macAddress.internet != null) ''
       ATTR{address}=="${config.my.blade.macAddress.internet}", NAME="en-internet"