What you don't want

Each sysadmin installed a server from some install CD. (If you're lucky, it might be the same CD, but if not, it might be different releases, or even worse, different distributions)
Each server has local, unknown, customizations from each sysadmin
You have 300 workstations with an old version of some distro, and you have to upgrade sshd, or convert them to autofs with ldap
Install server? What install server?

Each sysadmin installed a server from some install CD. (If you're lucky, it might be the same CD, but if not, it might be different releases, or even worse, different distributions)