"Package configurations are set before validation. "

I am not here to argue about the exact timings of the Validation -> Package Execution -> Object/Container Pre-Execute Validation -> Execute Object/Container sequence.

It is a matter of fact that the package validation occurs before execution and expressions and the like are set. Therefore, if any non-trival configuration is done that changes values to be correct for the execution environment which would otherwise be invalid then DelayValidation has to be set to TRUE.

The Questions is:

Is there anyone out there that is using Itanium2 Servers (Dual-Core) and seeing a different behaviour for a package execution when compared to x64 Xeon and Single core Itanium2?

I get validation warnings on IA64 (DC) for connections, the same package executes on x64 Xeon with no warnings and it is ETL'ing to the same IA64 (DC) Sql Server engine. Is this a broken IA64 build WRT SSIS, at least in this regard?