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Setting the default hardware version

By default, the VM compatibility is configured to use the datacenter settings and host version. In vCenter Server, you can define a default hardware version for VM creation on a host, cluster, or datacenter.

To configure the default hardware version, perform these steps:

From vSphere Client, log in to vCenter Server and right-click the object to configure and select Edit Default VM Compatibility.
From the Compatible with drop-down menu, select the hardware version to use and click OK to confirm. When a VM is created in this cluster, the default compatibility setting is used:

The default compatibility ...

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