ISCSI and Dell PowerConnect 6224

We have a Virtualization project in the early design stages utilizing VMWare and a iSCSI SAN environment.
We are a Cisco only data center at present, but one vendor quote has all Dell equipment included.
For switching they have specified the PowerConnect 6224 (24 Gbit ports).  
A second vendor quote is all IBM equipment, but leaves out the network switching equipment (our choice).
I'd like to keep our data center a Cisco only environment.  I need to understand what Catalyst switch(s) would be comparable
to the PowerConnect 6224.   A 24 port switch was quoted.  May need a pair for failover depending upon
Today we use a pair of Cisco Catalyst 3750G (24 port) L3 switches for our core distribution environment.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe

Joe Campbell:
Why do you need to keep it an all-Cisco shop?
My shop deployed the Dells and we loved them. Just set up and walk away.
The Dell PowerConnect 6200 and 8000 series switches are very competitive. The 6224's 24-gig ports operate at wire speed with a non-blocking backplane, plus a zero-loss throughput. They offer up to four 10G SFP+, XFP, 10G-Base-T and CX4 uplinks. They also offer stackability of up to 12 switches (576 ports), advenaced QoS and security features.
The Dell 6200s are also iSCSI optimized, which no Cisco switch offers.
Read the tolly Group's reviews.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pwcnt/en/tolly_pwcnt6200_test.pdf
If you want to know which Cisco switch offers the same functionality, go to Cisco's website and match them. But be assured that the Cisco switch will be anywhere between 3 to 5 times the cost of the Dell 6200s.
HTH

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