If removing one of the switches from the configuration is resulting in that significant of a performance increase, then I suspect there may be something up with the stacking. How are the switches stacked? Can you take a look at the status on the ports for collisions or dropped packets? May be worth taking a look at an EqualLogic on PowerConnect configuration guide again and stripping away the configuration details as they may be highly relevant to your situation. Also, what does the path selection policy look like in VMware?
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