FC,
All the controllers from the NI 8171 have the same chipset and use the same BIOS, that is, the PXI-8176, PXI-8175 and PXI-8174 have the same BIOS.
The following is the link to where you can download the
Update for the BIOS for the NI 8171 controllers. You will not run into any conflicts installing this upgrade.
Regards,
Claudia Lorente
Applications Engineer
National Instruments