What's the proper way of checking if code is running server side?

I'm knee deep in converting Hastilude to a networked game and it's going fairly well but I'm completely befuddled by the correct way to see if code is running on the server vs the client. For example, if I instantiate an object with a NetworkIdentity and then do NetworkServer.Spawn on it, the following happens in the NetworkBehaviour when running on the server:

• isServer returns FALSE
• Network.isServer returns FALSE
• GetComponent<NetworkIdentity>().isServer returns TRUE

Why is this? All three of those things (according to the docs and many examples across the internet) should be checking and returning the same thing but they're inconsistent which is extremely frustrating. What's the best and proper way to check server side code and what am I not understanding about the above?

 

NetworkServer.active is a nice static method to call and from my experience is always correct

 

But that's not what I'm looking for. I'm checking to see if the code is running on the server as opposed to a client, not if the server itself is active and running. As per the docs NetworkServer.active "checks if the server has been started", not WHERE a particular piece of code is being run.

 

If the server has been started then the code should be running on the server. Personally, in my game since I use server authority for every networked gameobject, I just check "if (hasAuthority)" which has never let me down.