diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/sl.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/sl.yaml
index 0c37346..a8ca944 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/sl.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/sl.yaml
@@ -20,102 +20,102 @@
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure docker service
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls docker.host
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls docker.host
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install docker swarm on master node
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker.swarm
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker.swarm
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Send grains to the swarm slave nodes
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls salt.minion.grains
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls salt.minion.grains
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description:  Update mine
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' mine.update
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' mine.update
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description:  Refresh modules
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' saltutil.refresh_modules; sleep 5;
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' saltutil.refresh_modules; sleep 5;
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description:  Rerun swarm on slaves to proper token population
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker.swarm
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker.swarm
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description:  Configure slave nodes
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:manager' state.sls docker.swarm -b 1
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:manager' state.sls docker.swarm -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description:  List registered Docker swarm nodes
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' cmd.run 'docker node ls'
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' cmd.run 'docker node ls'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 # Install slv2 infra
 - description: Install telegraf
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@telegraf:agent or I@telegraf:remote_agent' state.sls telegraf
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@telegraf:agent or I@telegraf:remote_agent' state.sls telegraf
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 2, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure Prometheus exporters
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@prometheus:exporters' state.sls prometheus
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@prometheus:exporters' state.sls prometheus
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure collector
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@heka:log_collector' state.sls heka.log_collector
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@heka:log_collector' state.sls heka.log_collector
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install elasticsearch server
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@elasticsearch:server' state.sls elasticsearch.server -b 1
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@elasticsearch:server' state.sls elasticsearch.server -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install kibana server
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@kibana:server' state.sls kibana.server -b 1
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@kibana:server' state.sls kibana.server -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install elasticsearch client
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@elasticsearch:client' state.sls elasticsearch.client
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@elasticsearch:client' state.sls elasticsearch.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install kibana client
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@kibana:client' state.sls kibana.client
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@kibana:client' state.sls kibana.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check influix db
   cmd: |
-    INFLUXDB_SERVICE=`salt -C 'I@influxdb:server' test.ping 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && echo true`;
+    INFLUXDB_SERVICE=`salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@influxdb:server' test.ping 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && echo true`;
     echo "Influxdb service presence: ${INFLUXDB_SERVICE}";
     if [[ "$INFLUXDB_SERVICE" == "true" ]]; then
-        salt -C 'I@influxdb:server' state.sls influxdb
+        salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@influxdb:server' state.sls influxdb
     fi
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
@@ -124,44 +124,44 @@
 # Collect grains needed to configure the services
 
 - description: Get grains
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@salt:minion' state.sls salt.minion.grains
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@salt:minion' state.sls salt.minion.grains
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Sync modules
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@salt:minion' saltutil.refresh_modules
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@salt:minion' saltutil.refresh_modules
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Update mine
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@salt:minion' mine.update; sleep 5;
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@salt:minion' mine.update; sleep 5;
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 # Configure the services running in Docker Swarm
 - description: Install prometheus alertmanager
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls prometheus,heka.remote_collector -b 1
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' state.sls prometheus,heka.remote_collector -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: run docker state
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm:role:master' state.sls docker
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: docker ps
-  cmd: salt -C 'I@docker:swarm' dockerng.ps
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@docker:swarm' dockerng.ps
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure Grafana dashboards and datasources
-  cmd: sleep 30;  salt -C 'I@grafana:client' state.sls grafana.client
+  cmd: sleep 30;  salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@grafana:client' state.sls grafana.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 2, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false