Totalview® for HPC User Guide : PART I Introduction to Debugging with TotalView : Chapter 3 Accessing TotalView Remotely : Client Session Basics : Working on the Remote Host
Working on the Remote Host
After launching a remote session, the Client starts the Remote Display Server on the remote host where it creates a virtual window. The Server then sends the virtual window to the Viewer window running on your system. The Viewer is just another window running on the Client’s system. You can interact with the Viewer window in the same way you interact with any window that runs directly on your system.
Behind the scenes, your interactions are sent to the Server, and the Server interacts with the virtual window running on the remote host. Changes made by this interaction are sent to the Viewer on your system. Performance depends on the load on the remote host and network latency.
If you are running the Client on a Windows system, these are the icons available:
 
Figure 19 – Remote Display Client commands on Windows
From left to right, the commands associated with these icons are:
Connection options
Connection information
Full Screen - this does not change the size of the Viewer window
Request screen refresh
Send Ctrl-Alt-Del
Send Ctrl-Esc
Send Ctrl key press and release
Send Alt key press and release
Disconnect