Armbian is based on Armada-17.10.1 (uboot and utils)
Armada-17.10.3 with lots of ram init fixes/support was released on Jan 31, 2018 (Armada-17.10 branch, no GIT tag, only "localversion" file content change)
Armbian espressobin firmwares need a rebuild with all these refreshed parts:
A3700-utils-marvell Armada-17.10.3
atfv1.3 armada-17.10.7
uboot armada-17.10.2 (only for completeness, only fix mvneta bad RX descriptors)