Can a Snow Leopard client connect to a Lion Server?

I have an XSAN setup with two Mac Mini servers.
I have a few Xserve lying around and I want to make use of them.
One Duo Core which is not working at the moment. I think I can install Lion on that one? Right?
Then I have two G5 - none intel, which I'm thinking I'll reinstall Snow Leopard on and use them as clients.
Can they connect to a Lion Server? I have a few XSAN licenses left which I think I need for OS's older than Lion?
I short, can a Snow Leopard client connect to a Lion Server?

One Duo Core which is not working at the moment. I think I can install Lion on that one? Right?
You can't install Lion on a Core Duo-based system It requries Core2 Duo as a baseline. The Core Duo is a 32-bit chip whereas the Core2 Duo is 64-bit.
Then I have two G5 - none intel, which I'm thinking I'll reinstall Snow Leopard on and use them as clients.
Nope, again. Snow Leopard requires an Intel-based system. The highest you can go with the PowerPC machines is Leopard (10.5.x)
Can they connect to a Lion Server? I have a few XSAN licenses left which I think I need for OS's older than Lion?
This may be irrelevant given the above, but define 'connect' please. There are a myriad of ways of 'connecting' a client to a server. In many cases they don't have to be the same OS, platform, processor or anything else (how many web servers do you think are running Mac OS X to match your client?

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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
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After rereading your post, I realized that you had added the path
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Connect and just went to the Search Policy tab and added a custom
path the way you said. Same results in the end. I could not bind.
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I do not currently own OS X ML.
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Binding Snow Leopard Clients to 10.5.8 server

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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 -->
Connect and just went to the Search Policy tab and added a custom
path the way you said. Same results in the end. I could not bind.
I may just install 10.5 on these computers and be done with it.
My method was a little different. In Directory Utility, I went
to Advanced Settings, hit the '+' and added the open directory
server. Then I went to the Services tab, selected LDAPv3, and
hit the little pencil to edit. Then I selected the open
directory server, hit Edit, and tried to bind, but it wouldn't
work at first. Back in the Directory Servers tab, I noticed that
the little status light was grey instead of green. Then I went
to the Search Policy tab and noticed that the open directory
server wasn't in the path, so I went to Custom Path and manually
added it. After that, I was able to bind and the little status
light went green.
However, in this process I also did some other messing around on
the command line. After the first time I tried to bind and
couldn't, I quit the Directory Utility and opened a Terminal
window. As root, I wiped out the /private/etc/krb5.keytab file
and the contents of the /private/var/db/krb5kdc directory, and
then rebooted. That is:
cd /private/etc
sudo mv krb5.keytab krb5.keytab.orig
cd /private/var/db/krb5kdc
sudo rm -rf *
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I am having a weird problem with my snow leopard client that won't show a list of the network users.
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Noby_me,
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It's "show view options" in English. Also obtained by typing CMD+J
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Quick Assist,
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I am at a loss on this issue. I am running a test server and client. I had bound my client to the server and was having difficulties with the dock settings on the client. I assumed it was a managed preferences issue on the server, so I checked all the ones I knew to check. It didn't appear that my client dock was being managed by my server. The problem was that the dock would switch from auto-hide to fixed and the preferences under dock could not be altered on the client.
I've found that the only way to resolve this problem is to unbind the client from the server. Can anyone tell me what I need to be looking for within the server? Could there be an inherited preference from somewhere within the server?
The other element to this is that this issue didn't arise until after I upgraded to 10.6.3. Prior the upgrade I was bound to the server, and the dock was fine. After the upgrade the dock preferences on the client were no longer able to be managed.
I am new to server and need some help.
Thanks

Thanks!
So, when I click Join..., type in the server, and then click on the Set Up Services button, I enter the username and password for the account I created on Snow Leopard Server. It switches the sheet to show that it's "Joining the server", and then fails with: "kGotAuthenticationFailure". The Password Service Server Log shows that is actually succeeded: "AUTH2: {0x4b5897f87cada0f20000001500000015, diana} DIGEST-MD5 authentication succeeded".
If I actually enter an incorrect password, it right away gives me an "Authentication failed" message right below the password dialog in red.
The console on the Snow Leopard client shows:
10-01-21 11:10:16 AM System Preferences[248] -[ODCOSXServerJoinController(XSServiceDiscoveryProtocol) gotServicesInfo:fromServer:error:]: got error kGotAuthenticationFailure
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Hi,
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Upgrading from 10.6 to 10.6 Server is unfortunately not possible without an erase and install of the Server OS.
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Rev. Barry wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me why Apple's EULA won't allow Snow Leopard to be run as a virtual machine in Parallels? I am using OS X Mavericks and the latest version of Parallels 8. According to Parallels, in support article ID 112323, the reason it will not work is that it is prohibited to run by Apple's EULA.
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Rev. Barry wrote:
Are you currently using snow leopard server as a virtual machine? I want to run a power pc app on Mavericks.
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