My current situation sits as follows. We have zero rack space. Literally none. I can't even rack up our new IBM x3650 M2 servers or the NetApp FAS2020a SAN for the vSphere migration. Thus, I have to make space by virtualizing a few boxes first.

I thought about going ahead and unboxing the x3650 systems and setting those on the ground, wiring and firing them up, but then I realized I would have to spend a weekend unplugging all 10 cables out of each server to rack them up, then hoping I made sure to label my cables correctly. So my new plan goes as such: I have a HP DL380G5 w/ 2 Quad Core E5405, 16GB of RAM, 540GB of internal HDD, and only 2 NICs. This server will give me the ability to P2V a few servers to the local storage, then use SVmotion to move those VMs over to the SAN when it's added to vCenter. I already have my switch environment setup with VLANs configured and ready for deployment for my IBM servers. My logic follows as such: