Problems installing Leopard Server on Xserve

I have an Xserve with no monitor or keyboard access. I need to install Leopard server upgrade, I read the instructions on-line and in the booklet that comes with the software. Obviously, I cannot press C upon boot since I cant see the monitor nor can I see if I need to update my bios.
I tried enabling Remote Desktop using the kickstart command, but whenever use Chicken of the VNC to connect it says it cant find the server.
I used the "Server Assistant" and it tells me the same thing "Cant find server" but i can ping it and log into it using terminal. I can also run all the other applications like "Server Monitor", "Server Admin", and "Workgroup Manager" just fine.
The server is in another segment because it is in our server room I used one of the server room connection and still cant find server.
Can someone please help getting Leopard installed on this Xserve?
Thanks

The general answer is yes. But the conditional answer is that you must have the original installation media from the Xserve model before it started shipping Snow Leopard exclusively. This means you would need to have bought an Xserve as recently as December to have the combo OS pack as I believe Apple stopped shipping Leopard around early January (although that might be on BTO models so if you got one from the channel it may still have the original media kit). You need to be mindful of the machine's Boot ROM version. The change of one digit can cause some issues with older installation media.
If you don't have recent media kits, you "should" be able to construct a functional OS by building on other hardware and patching up to 10.5.8. Then cloning it to the new unit.
And, you've peaked my interest. What specific issue have you had with 10.6 and Xsan?
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