How to connect U3014 to MBP Retina?

I have MBP with Retina 13" and I just bought Dell U3014 from amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-30-Inch-PremierColor-Monitor/dp/B00C2RPW8O). This monitor comes with 3 different cables:
* One of them seems to fit DP in/out ports in the monitor and the other end to the thunderbolt port on mac;
* Dual Link DVI Cable. It is not use, because I don't have compatible port/adaptor on mac;
* The 3rd one seems to fit to SS port in the montor and the other end is just a USB which, of course, fits on mac;
I tried many combinations to connect them, but no success so far. Mac does not recognize the monitor, and the monitor keeps showing "No DVI-D Cable. The display will go into Power Save Mode in 5 minutes." I run OS X 10.9.2 (13C64).
1. How to I connect them?
2. I also have Windows 7 x64 installed as a Boot Camp. Same issues there, and I would like to know how to connect them in that case too.

Hi David K.A.,
If you are having issues connecting an external display to your MacBook Pro Retina, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
Regards,
- Brenden

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