Regarding the device listed as supported on https://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html 
"Rhino Labs Inc. SDNA Shasta":

Their product ad is at 
https://web.archive.org/web/20161208032606/http://www.rhinolabsinc.com:80/rhino-shasta-enterprise-grade-network-appliance/
 , while archive.org is an uncommon place to advertise a product, I talked to 
them and they're manufacturing it.

Their main web site is http://www.whizzsystems.com/ . They manufacture the SDNA 
Shasta, however more frequently they manufacture this 8-port version of the 
same (photo here 
https://web.archive.org/web/20161221202746im_/http://www.rhinolabsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Home-A1.jpg
 ), need to clarify its actual name, it's some four-digit product name.

They manufacture and sell the Shasta in batches only, for a 50 pieces batch 
each piece is 780 USD, and for a 100 piece batch each piece is 690 USD.

Sometimes some spares remain after a run and they get some extra that they 
could sell to an unannoying customer.

He is looking at what a higher-RAM variant would cost also. He was clear it 
fits at least 16GB, and they need to have the RAM soldered. There is M.2 NVME 
support, probably as bootable medium also.

It has an eMMC, which exports some gigabytes for boot medium (which can be used 
in all cases), and he mentioned the firmware is on nonexported sectors on the 
eMMC.

(They'll make an ARM64 ThunderX variant of the same soon also, anyhow.)

Tinker

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