SAN newbie: What kind of fiber cables do I need to connect to the front end ports on my EMC CX300

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I have an old CX300 I'm messing with and I cant determine what kind of HBA\fiber cables I need to connect a server to the front end ports on the DPE2.

The hardware reference doesn't give me any details and being new to FC-SAN all of the options are pretty overwhelming. I don't know if the ports are SC or LC or if it requires singlemode or multimode. Googling hasn't turned up anything for me either. All I know is that it supports 2GB Fiber.

Here is a pic of one the modules. You can clearly see the front-end ports (FE)

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