I would not upgrade VMware tools for the v2110, they are customized.
Most likely the v6 u2 would work since v6 is supported, but officially only v6 is tested.
If you are getting kernel panics, I would suggest to open a gtac ticket to investigate for root cause.
You could try to create 1 vswitch and assign one host NIC ( no port teaming ) for one V2110 data port.