Binding Snow Leopard server OD to Mavericks server OD

Does anyone know if it's possible to setup a Snow Leopard server to bind Open Directory to a new server running Macvericks server?
I have 2 new mac minis running 10.9.4 with server 3.1.2 on them, one as an OD master and the other as a replica. We have a couple of older Xserves still running Snow Leopard server and must keep them that way because of some other software that can't be upgraded.
What we need is those 2 servers to be able to bind (not as a replica as it's not possible) to the master OD mac mini for authentication? I've been able to get the OD process on them to be set to "connect to another directory" then use Directory Utility to try and bind LDAPv3 to the master mini but it says invalid credentials supplied when I type in the proper OD username and password.
Any thoughts?

To work as Master and Replicas, all must be the same version of Server.
You cannot bind as Open Directory Servers (as in combining Open Directories), but you can run Mac OS X 10.6.8 workstations [running 10.6.8 or 10.6.8 Server] off a Mavericks plus Server 3 Open Directory Server. You can have Home Directories on an older Server. You may be able to provide some services off the older Servers. But you cannot keep them as Open Directory Servers on the same Network.
I think you just shut off Open Directory on the 10.6.8 Servers, then use Directory Utility to Bind to the Mac Mini or Replica Server as if they were Workstations.

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I am not sure I am doing what you suggest correctly.
From the directory utility i was able to pull down the File menu
and connect to the xserve using the diradmin account. This caused
a new path to appear in the search policy tab.
However, i still cannot bind to the server and still get the
authentication error when I try.
After rereading your post, I realized that you had added the path
a different way. So I deleted the one I had added via File -->
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to the Search Policy tab and noticed that the open directory
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added it. After that, I was able to bind and the little status
light went green.
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