Since shopBLT keeps kicking the can down the road. (Latest estimate was today 12/27, but since I’ve heard nothing I fully expect another “update” tomorrow pushing it another week or more)
I stumbled on an eBay listing last week for a 7402P for $999 with free shipping and 3-day delivery. No pics. No mention if it’s vendor locked. Just a price almost too good to be true in this market, and a good seller rating based in TX, so I took the gamble. Bought it and it showed up as promised! Dropped it in my ROMED8-2T, updated the BIOS/BMC to 3.20/1.19 for Milan, and I’m off.
when the 7443P finally shows up I’ll swap it out and either sell this off or keep it for a server upgrade.