diff --git a/end-to-end-tests/src/bin/bootstrap.rs b/end-to-end-tests/src/bin/bootstrap.rs
index 21e59647ae..b02bed4265 100644
--- a/end-to-end-tests/src/bin/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/end-to-end-tests/src/bin/bootstrap.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use end_to_end_tests::helpers::{generate_name, get_system_ip_pool};
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::poll::{wait_for_condition, CondCheckError};
 use oxide_client::types::{
     ByteCount, DeviceAccessTokenRequest, DeviceAuthRequest, DeviceAuthVerify,
-    DiskCreate, DiskSource, IpPoolCreate, IpPoolSiloLink, IpRange, Ipv4Range,
+    DiskCreate, DiskSource, IpPoolCreate, IpPoolLinkSilo, IpRange, Ipv4Range,
     NameOrId, SiloQuotasUpdate,
 };
 use oxide_client::{
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     client
         .ip_pool_silo_link()
         .pool(pool_name)
-        .body(IpPoolSiloLink {
+        .body(IpPoolLinkSilo {
             silo: NameOrId::Name(params.silo_name().parse().unwrap()),
             is_default: true,
         })
diff --git a/nexus/db-model/src/ip_pool.rs b/nexus/db-model/src/ip_pool.rs
index bec1113151..030d052c22 100644
--- a/nexus/db-model/src/ip_pool.rs
+++ b/nexus/db-model/src/ip_pool.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub struct IpPoolResource {
     pub is_default: bool,
 }
 
-impl From<IpPoolResource> for views::IpPoolSilo {
+impl From<IpPoolResource> for views::IpPoolSiloLink {
     fn from(assoc: IpPoolResource) -> Self {
         Self {
             ip_pool_id: assoc.ip_pool_id,
diff --git a/nexus/src/app/ip_pool.rs b/nexus/src/app/ip_pool.rs
index 902b3c97e8..b5648a3346 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/ip_pool.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/ip_pool.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl super::Nexus {
         &self,
         opctx: &OpContext,
         pool_lookup: &lookup::IpPool<'_>,
-        silo_link: &params::IpPoolSiloLink,
+        silo_link: &params::IpPoolLinkSilo,
     ) -> CreateResult<db::model::IpPoolResource> {
         let (authz_pool,) =
             pool_lookup.lookup_for(authz::Action::Modify).await?;
diff --git a/nexus/src/external_api/http_entrypoints.rs b/nexus/src/external_api/http_entrypoints.rs
index 81117d7429..65b03a9fdf 100644
--- a/nexus/src/external_api/http_entrypoints.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/external_api/http_entrypoints.rs
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ async fn ip_pool_silo_list(
     // whatever the thing is. Still... all we'd have to do to make this usable
     // in both places would be to make it { ...IpPool, silo_id, silo_name,
     // is_default }
-) -> Result<HttpResponseOk<ResultsPage<views::IpPoolSilo>>, HttpError> {
+) -> Result<HttpResponseOk<ResultsPage<views::IpPoolSiloLink>>, HttpError> {
     let apictx = rqctx.context();
     let handler = async {
         let opctx = crate::context::op_context_for_external_api(&rqctx).await?;
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ async fn ip_pool_silo_list(
         Ok(HttpResponseOk(ScanById::results_page(
             &query,
             assocs,
-            &|_, x: &views::IpPoolSilo| x.silo_id,
+            &|_, x: &views::IpPoolSiloLink| x.silo_id,
         )?))
     };
     apictx.external_latencies.instrument_dropshot_handler(&rqctx, handler).await
@@ -1583,8 +1583,8 @@ async fn ip_pool_silo_list(
 async fn ip_pool_silo_link(
     rqctx: RequestContext<Arc<ServerContext>>,
     path_params: Path<params::IpPoolPath>,
-    resource_assoc: TypedBody<params::IpPoolSiloLink>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponseCreated<views::IpPoolSilo>, HttpError> {
+    resource_assoc: TypedBody<params::IpPoolLinkSilo>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponseCreated<views::IpPoolSiloLink>, HttpError> {
     let apictx = rqctx.context();
     let handler = async {
         let opctx = crate::context::op_context_for_external_api(&rqctx).await?;
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ async fn ip_pool_silo_update(
     rqctx: RequestContext<Arc<ServerContext>>,
     path_params: Path<params::IpPoolSiloPath>,
     update: TypedBody<params::IpPoolSiloUpdate>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponseOk<views::IpPoolSilo>, HttpError> {
+) -> Result<HttpResponseOk<views::IpPoolSiloLink>, HttpError> {
     let apictx = rqctx.context();
     let handler = async {
         let opctx = crate::context::op_context_for_external_api(&rqctx).await?;
diff --git a/nexus/test-utils/src/resource_helpers.rs b/nexus/test-utils/src/resource_helpers.rs
index c2516a1509..4fe03f204c 100644
--- a/nexus/test-utils/src/resource_helpers.rs
+++ b/nexus/test-utils/src/resource_helpers.rs
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ pub async fn link_ip_pool(
     is_default: bool,
 ) {
     let link =
-        params::IpPoolSiloLink { silo: NameOrId::Id(*silo_id), is_default };
+        params::IpPoolLinkSilo { silo: NameOrId::Id(*silo_id), is_default };
     let url = format!("/v1/system/ip-pools/{pool_name}/silos");
-    object_create::<params::IpPoolSiloLink, views::IpPoolSilo>(
+    object_create::<params::IpPoolLinkSilo, views::IpPoolSiloLink>(
         client, &url, &link,
     )
     .await;
diff --git a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/endpoints.rs b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/endpoints.rs
index e8d54b876e..8beffe43a5 100644
--- a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/endpoints.rs
+++ b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/endpoints.rs
@@ -629,8 +629,8 @@ pub static DEMO_IP_POOL_UPDATE: Lazy<params::IpPoolUpdate> =
     });
 pub static DEMO_IP_POOL_SILOS_URL: Lazy<String> =
     Lazy::new(|| format!("{}/silos", *DEMO_IP_POOL_URL));
-pub static DEMO_IP_POOL_SILOS_BODY: Lazy<params::IpPoolSiloLink> =
-    Lazy::new(|| params::IpPoolSiloLink {
+pub static DEMO_IP_POOL_SILOS_BODY: Lazy<params::IpPoolLinkSilo> =
+    Lazy::new(|| params::IpPoolLinkSilo {
         silo: NameOrId::Id(DEFAULT_SILO.identity().id),
         is_default: true, // necessary for demo instance create to go through
     });
diff --git a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/instances.rs b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/instances.rs
index 044f87f7c1..2f4e913185 100644
--- a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/instances.rs
+++ b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/instances.rs
@@ -3657,7 +3657,7 @@ async fn test_instance_ephemeral_ip_from_correct_pool(
     );
 
     // make pool2 default and create instance with default pool. check that it now it comes from pool2
-    let _: views::IpPoolSilo = object_put(
+    let _: views::IpPoolSiloLink = object_put(
         client,
         &format!("/v1/system/ip-pools/pool2/silos/{}", DEFAULT_SILO.id()),
         &params::IpPoolSiloUpdate { is_default: true },
@@ -3788,11 +3788,11 @@ async fn test_instance_ephemeral_ip_from_orphan_pool(
 
     // associate the pool with a different silo and we should get the same
     // error on instance create
-    let params = params::IpPoolSiloLink {
+    let params = params::IpPoolLinkSilo {
         silo: NameOrId::Name(cptestctx.silo_name.clone()),
         is_default: false,
     };
-    let _: views::IpPoolSilo =
+    let _: views::IpPoolSiloLink =
         object_create(client, "/v1/system/ip-pools/orphan-pool/silos", &params)
             .await;
 
diff --git a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/ip_pools.rs b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/ip_pools.rs
index 9a261e9e8d..7843e816fd 100644
--- a/nexus/tests/integration_tests/ip_pools.rs
+++ b/nexus/tests/integration_tests/ip_pools.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use nexus_test_utils::resource_helpers::objects_list_page_authz;
 use nexus_test_utils_macros::nexus_test;
 use nexus_types::external_api::params;
 use nexus_types::external_api::params::IpPoolCreate;
-use nexus_types::external_api::params::IpPoolSiloLink;
+use nexus_types::external_api::params::IpPoolLinkSilo;
 use nexus_types::external_api::params::IpPoolSiloUpdate;
 use nexus_types::external_api::params::IpPoolUpdate;
 use nexus_types::external_api::shared::IpRange;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use nexus_types::external_api::shared::Ipv6Range;
 use nexus_types::external_api::shared::SiloIdentityMode;
 use nexus_types::external_api::views::IpPool;
 use nexus_types::external_api::views::IpPoolRange;
-use nexus_types::external_api::views::IpPoolSilo;
+use nexus_types::external_api::views::IpPoolSiloLink;
 use nexus_types::external_api::views::Silo;
 use nexus_types::external_api::views::SiloIpPool;
 use nexus_types::identity::Resource;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_service_no_cud(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
 
     // linking not allowed
 
-    // let link_body = params::IpPoolSiloLink {
+    // let link_body = params::IpPoolLinkSilo {
     //     silo: NameOrId::Name(cptestctx.silo_name.clone()),
     //     is_default: false,
     // };
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_silo_link(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
 
     // expect 404 on association if the specified silo doesn't exist
     let nonexistent_silo_id = Uuid::new_v4();
-    let params = params::IpPoolSiloLink {
+    let params = params::IpPoolLinkSilo {
         silo: NameOrId::Id(nonexistent_silo_id),
         is_default: false,
     };
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_silo_link(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     // associate by name with silo that exists
     let silo = NameOrId::Name(cptestctx.silo_name.clone());
     let params =
-        params::IpPoolSiloLink { silo: silo.clone(), is_default: false };
-    let _: IpPoolSilo =
+        params::IpPoolLinkSilo { silo: silo.clone(), is_default: false };
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink =
         object_create(client, "/v1/system/ip-pools/p0/silos", &params).await;
 
     // second attempt to create the same link errors due to conflict
@@ -423,8 +423,11 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_silo_link(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     let silo_id = object_get::<Silo>(client, &silo_url).await.identity.id;
 
     let assocs_p0 = silos_for_pool(client, "p0").await;
-    let silo_link =
-        IpPoolSilo { ip_pool_id: p0.identity.id, silo_id, is_default: false };
+    let silo_link = IpPoolSiloLink {
+        ip_pool_id: p0.identity.id,
+        silo_id,
+        is_default: false,
+    };
     assert_eq!(assocs_p0.items.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(assocs_p0.items[0], silo_link);
 
@@ -434,18 +437,22 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_silo_link(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     assert_eq!(silo_pools[0].is_default, false);
 
     // associate same silo to other pool by ID instead of name
-    let link_params = params::IpPoolSiloLink {
+    let link_params = params::IpPoolLinkSilo {
         silo: NameOrId::Id(silo_id),
         is_default: true,
     };
     let url = "/v1/system/ip-pools/p1/silos";
-    let _: IpPoolSilo = object_create(client, &url, &link_params).await;
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink = object_create(client, &url, &link_params).await;
 
     let silos_p1 = silos_for_pool(client, "p1").await;
     assert_eq!(silos_p1.items.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(
         silos_p1.items[0],
-        IpPoolSilo { ip_pool_id: p1.identity.id, is_default: true, silo_id }
+        IpPoolSiloLink {
+            ip_pool_id: p1.identity.id,
+            is_default: true,
+            silo_id
+        }
     );
 
     let silo_pools = pools_for_silo(client, silo_name).await;
@@ -525,10 +532,10 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_update_default(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     // associate both pools with the test silo
     let silo = NameOrId::Name(cptestctx.silo_name.clone());
     let params =
-        params::IpPoolSiloLink { silo: silo.clone(), is_default: false };
-    let _: IpPoolSilo =
+        params::IpPoolLinkSilo { silo: silo.clone(), is_default: false };
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink =
         object_create(client, "/v1/system/ip-pools/p0/silos", &params).await;
-    let _: IpPoolSilo =
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink =
         object_create(client, "/v1/system/ip-pools/p1/silos", &params).await;
 
     // now both are linked to the silo, neither is marked default
@@ -542,10 +549,10 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_update_default(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
 
     // make p0 default
     let params = IpPoolSiloUpdate { is_default: true };
-    let _: IpPoolSilo = object_put(client, &p0_silo_url, &params).await;
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink = object_put(client, &p0_silo_url, &params).await;
 
     // making the same one default again is not an error
-    let _: IpPoolSilo = object_put(client, &p0_silo_url, &params).await;
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink = object_put(client, &p0_silo_url, &params).await;
 
     // now p0 is default
     let silos_p0 = silos_for_pool(client, "p0").await;
@@ -563,7 +570,7 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_update_default(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     let params = IpPoolSiloUpdate { is_default: true };
     let p1_silo_url =
         format!("/v1/system/ip-pools/p1/silos/{}", cptestctx.silo_name);
-    let _: IpPoolSilo = object_put(client, &p1_silo_url, &params).await;
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink = object_put(client, &p1_silo_url, &params).await;
 
     // p1 is now default
     let silos_p1 = silos_for_pool(client, "p1").await;
@@ -577,7 +584,7 @@ async fn test_ip_pool_update_default(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
 
     // we can also unset default
     let params = IpPoolSiloUpdate { is_default: false };
-    let _: IpPoolSilo = object_put(client, &p1_silo_url, &params).await;
+    let _: IpPoolSiloLink = object_put(client, &p1_silo_url, &params).await;
 
     let silos_p1 = silos_for_pool(client, "p1").await;
     assert_eq!(silos_p1.items.len(), 1);
@@ -629,9 +636,9 @@ fn get_names(pools: Vec<IpPool>) -> Vec<String> {
 async fn silos_for_pool(
     client: &ClientTestContext,
     pool: &str,
-) -> ResultsPage<IpPoolSilo> {
+) -> ResultsPage<IpPoolSiloLink> {
     let url = format!("/v1/system/ip-pools/{}/silos", pool);
-    objects_list_page_authz::<IpPoolSilo>(client, &url).await
+    objects_list_page_authz::<IpPoolSiloLink>(client, &url).await
 }
 
 async fn pools_for_silo(
@@ -1028,13 +1035,13 @@ async fn test_ip_range_delete_with_allocated_external_ip_fails(
         .await;
 
     // associate pool with default silo, which is the privileged user's silo
-    let params = IpPoolSiloLink {
+    let params = IpPoolLinkSilo {
         silo: NameOrId::Id(DEFAULT_SILO.id()),
         is_default: true,
     };
     NexusRequest::objects_post(client, &ip_pool_silos_url, &params)
         .authn_as(AuthnMode::PrivilegedUser)
-        .execute_and_parse_unwrap::<IpPoolSilo>()
+        .execute_and_parse_unwrap::<IpPoolSiloLink>()
         .await;
 
     // Add an IP range to the pool
diff --git a/nexus/types/src/external_api/params.rs b/nexus/types/src/external_api/params.rs
index a33bc0b8bb..750e83c2a2 100644
--- a/nexus/types/src/external_api/params.rs
+++ b/nexus/types/src/external_api/params.rs
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ pub struct IpPoolSiloPath {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
-pub struct IpPoolSiloLink {
+pub struct IpPoolLinkSilo {
     pub silo: NameOrId,
     /// When a pool is the default for a silo, floating IPs and instance
     /// ephemeral IPs will come from that pool when no other pool is specified.
diff --git a/nexus/types/src/external_api/views.rs b/nexus/types/src/external_api/views.rs
index b39a7031b6..314dd4ed00 100644
--- a/nexus/types/src/external_api/views.rs
+++ b/nexus/types/src/external_api/views.rs
@@ -315,13 +315,10 @@ pub struct SiloIpPool {
     pub is_default: bool,
 }
 
-// TODO: rename IpPoolSilo or get rid of it somehow. we cannot have both
-// IpPoolSilo and SiloIpPool. come on
-
 /// A link between an IP pool and a silo that allows one to allocate IPs from
 /// the pool within the silo
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq)]
-pub struct IpPoolSilo {
+pub struct IpPoolSiloLink {
     pub ip_pool_id: Uuid,
     pub silo_id: Uuid,
     /// When a pool is the default for a silo, floating IPs and instance
diff --git a/openapi/nexus.json b/openapi/nexus.json
index 3551c450ce..2dd4037430 100644
--- a/openapi/nexus.json
+++ b/openapi/nexus.json
@@ -5039,7 +5039,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloResultsPage"
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloLinkResultsPage"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -5076,7 +5076,7 @@
           "content": {
             "application/json": {
               "schema": {
-                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloLink"
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolLinkSilo"
               }
             }
           },
@@ -5088,7 +5088,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSilo"
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloLink"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -5144,7 +5144,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSilo"
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloLink"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -6684,7 +6684,7 @@
             "in": "query",
             "name": "sort_by",
             "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IdSortMode"
+              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NameOrIdSortMode"
             }
           }
         ],
@@ -12565,6 +12565,22 @@
           "name"
         ]
       },
+      "IpPoolLinkSilo": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "is_default": {
+            "description": "When a pool is the default for a silo, floating IPs and instance ephemeral IPs will come from that pool when no other pool is specified. There can be at most one default for a given silo.",
+            "type": "boolean"
+          },
+          "silo": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NameOrId"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "is_default",
+          "silo"
+        ]
+      },
       "IpPoolRange": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -12633,7 +12649,7 @@
           "items"
         ]
       },
-      "IpPoolSilo": {
+      "IpPoolSiloLink": {
         "description": "A link between an IP pool and a silo that allows one to allocate IPs from the pool within the silo",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -12656,23 +12672,7 @@
           "silo_id"
         ]
       },
-      "IpPoolSiloLink": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-          "is_default": {
-            "description": "When a pool is the default for a silo, floating IPs and instance ephemeral IPs will come from that pool when no other pool is specified. There can be at most one default for a given silo.",
-            "type": "boolean"
-          },
-          "silo": {
-            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NameOrId"
-          }
-        },
-        "required": [
-          "is_default",
-          "silo"
-        ]
-      },
-      "IpPoolSiloResultsPage": {
+      "IpPoolSiloLinkResultsPage": {
         "description": "A single page of results",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -12680,7 +12680,7 @@
             "description": "list of items on this page of results",
             "type": "array",
             "items": {
-              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSilo"
+              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IpPoolSiloLink"
             }
           },
           "next_page": {