diff --git a/fabfile/tasks/vcenter_prov.py b/fabfile/tasks/vcenter_prov.py
index 11f287f4e..1f54ad0e7 100755
--- a/fabfile/tasks/vcenter_prov.py
+++ b/fabfile/tasks/vcenter_prov.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def add_sr_iov_nics(self, si, esxi_info, host, dv_port_name, vm_name):
                 if out.failed:
                     raise Exception("Unable to add sriov interface for physical nic %s on esxi host %s" %(sr_iov_nic, ip))
                 esxi_version_info = str(out)
-                esxi_version = esxi_version_info.split()[2]
+                esxi_version = esxi_version_info.split()[2][:3]
                 cmd = "vmkchdev -l | grep %s" %sr_iov_nic
                 out = run(cmd)
                 if out.failed:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def add_sr_iov_nics(self, si, esxi_info, host, dv_port_name, vm_name):
                 if len(nic_info) == 0:
                     raise Exception("Unable to add sriov interface for physical nic %s on esxi host %s" %(sr_iov_nic, ip))
                 pci_id = nic_info.split()[0]
-                if (esxi_version == '5.5.0'):
+                if (esxi_version == '5.5'):
                     pci_id = pci_id[5:]
             devices = []
             nicspec = self.pyVmomi.vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec()
diff --git a/fabfile/tasks/vmware.py b/fabfile/tasks/vmware.py
index b29c304f9..c732c9675 100644
--- a/fabfile/tasks/vmware.py
+++ b/fabfile/tasks/vmware.py
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ def create_vmx (esxi_host, vm_name):
     vm_mac = esxi_host['contrail_vm']['mac']
     assert vm_mac, "MAC address for contrail-compute-vm must be specified"
 
+    cmd = "vmware -v"
+    out = run(cmd)
+    if out.failed:
+        raise Exception("Unable to get the vmware version")
+    esxi_version_info = str(out)
+    esxi_version = esxi_version_info.split()[2][:3]
+    if (esxi_version == '5.5'):
+         hw_version = 10
+    elif (esxi_version == '6.0'):
+         hw_version = 11
+    else:
+        hw_version = 9
+
     if mode is 'vcenter':
         eth0_type = "vmxnet3"
         ext_params = compute_vmx_template.vcenter_ext_template
@@ -77,6 +90,7 @@ def create_vmx (esxi_host, vm_name):
         ext_params += data_intf
 
     template_vals = { '__vm_name__' : vm_name,
+                      '__hw_version__' : hw_version,
                       '__vm_mac__' : vm_mac,
                       '__fab_pg__' : fab_pg,
                       '__eth0_type__' : eth0_type,
diff --git a/fabfile/templates/compute_vmx_template.py b/fabfile/templates/compute_vmx_template.py
index 4906d1f94..875872615 100644
--- a/fabfile/templates/compute_vmx_template.py
+++ b/fabfile/templates/compute_vmx_template.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 template = string.Template(
 '''.encoding = "UTF-8"
 config.version = "8"
-virtualHW.version = "10"
+virtualHW.version = "$__hw_version__"
 vmci0.present = "TRUE"
 hpet0.present = "TRUE"
 nvram = "$__vm_name__.nvram"