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can vCenter 5.0 (Build 623860) ie Upd 1 manage ESXi 5.1 or 5.0 Upd 2 & ease of upgrade

Q1:
can vCenter 5.0 (think build 623860 is Update 1) be used to
manage ESXi 5.1 or ESXi 5.0 Upd 2 and deploy their VMs?

Q2:
What are the limitations/caveats if it can be used?

Q3:
We accidentally installed ESXi 5.1 into a couple of servers
at a client's site but the client has vCenter 5.0 Build 623860
(this is Upd 1).  However, Ver 5.0 Upd 1 has a bug that during
vMotioning of multiple VMs, unicast traffic could make the
network crawl.
So what's the best option for the client?  Upgrade their current
vCenter 5.0 Upd 1   to  5.0 Upd 2   or  to 5.1 ??
Which is the easiest & can be easily done by an untrained
VMware IT person without the need to buy a 5.1 licence
(or if we're at 5.0, we're entitled to 5.1 ?) ?

Q4:
What if we need to downgrade the two ESXi hosts from 5.1
to 5.0, what's the steps involved or provide a link with the
instructions to do this
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