New Mini Server - Can't see volume to migrate from.

I literally just opened my mac mini server (Lion Server) and as usual the setup screens started. Once it said I could migrate a server I proceeded with that option. However there's no volumes that the Mini Server recognizes. I am plugged into the LAN which has our Snow Leopard server, but it doesn't see that.
Is the mini server supposed to be able to see network attached Mac computers or not? Do I need to physically plug our Snow Leopard server into the mini? This is stange. Just opened a new machine and can't even get past the setup. Is there a server migration assistant?

I have not tried migrating a server in this way, but I would imagine it would be a similar process as to how Migration Assistant works.
If so, you would either need the old server drive connected as an external disk, perhaps by using FireWire Target Disk Mode. It would not apply here, but if you for example had a Mac Pro originally running Snow Leopard Server you would be able to do a similar thing when migrating to a new Mac Pro running Lion Server by fitting the old hard disk internally and then be able to migrate from it.
In your case FireWire Target Disk mode sounds like the easiest option. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661

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