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You should be able to use VMware Standalone Converter to convert the VMs to run on ESXi
Welcome to the Community - Are both VMs on the same subnet - because if they are not the traffic will go out to the physical network and back in -
Welcome to the Community - It depends what you are doing with the command line - ESXi has a GUI client that you can do all the configuration and managemnet - it is the preferred method. You do h... See more...
Welcome to the Community - It depends what you are doing with the command line - ESXi has a GUI client that you can do all the configuration and managemnet - it is the preferred method. You do have have other options to provide a CLI for the ESXi host - you can enable an console one the (it is disabled by default) or use a the vSphere Management Appliance (vMA) a free virtual that provides a remote CLI to manage your ESxi host
I believe VUM 5 require vcenter 5 -  VUM 4 will allow you to upgrade all components including itself to vsphere 5 -
Yes as long as the total number of dsitributed switches does not exceed the 32 limit for vCenter  
According to http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf - 32 per  vCenter