What to check if an interface with SFP Plus module is showing down. The article provides information on troubleshooting port flaps or link down issues. The following symptoms are possible indications of this problem: An. Being able to monitor a non-working link is a pretty basic thing to do to be honest and having access to DDM/DOM/optical monitoring of down links lets you figure out if you have, for example, a broken fiber in one direction, a mis-plugged rx/tx pair, etc. This includes Doppler. For DS110DF111, it is followed by a 10G SFP optical module, but after repeated insertion and removal, the optical module cannot be used, and the link status is displayed down. If the status shows “DOWN (Transceiver Type Mismatch)” when checked, it is.