The key problem lies in your lack of understanding in what data structure is required. In your design example, you assigned 6 values to 2 variables. That doesn't add up.

You could have an array of port channel records:

$port_channels[0]{ name    => "port-channel 1"
                 , members => [ 'fc2/5'
                              , 'fc1/5' ]      };

$port_channels[1]{ name    => "port-channel 3"
                 , members => [ 'fc1/1' ]      };
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But why not just index by the port-channel:

$port_channels{1}{ members => [ 'fc2/5'
                              , 'fc1/5' ] };

$port_channels{3}{ members => [ 'fc1/1' ] };
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Since your record only has one field, why not forget the record and just have an array:

$port_channels{1}[ 'fc2/5'
                 , 'fc1/5' ];

$port_channels{3}[ 'fc1/1' ];
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The following implements the last one. It creates a hash of port channels, where a port channel is an array of ports.

use strict;
use warnings;

my %port_channels;

{
   my $channel;
   my $in_ports = 0;

   while (<DATA>) {
      if (/^port-channel\s+(\d+)/) {
         $channel = $1;
         $port_channels{$channel} = [];
         $in_ports = 0;
         next;
      }

      next unless defined $channel;

      if (/^\s*Ports:\s+(\S+)\s+\[/) {
         $in_ports = 1;
         push(@{$port_channels{$channel}}, $1);
         next;
      }

      if ($in_ports) {
         if (/\s+(\S+)\s+\[/) {
            push(@{$port_channels{$channel}}, $1);
            next;
         }

         $in_ports = 0;
      }
   }
}

require Data::Dumper;
print(Data::Dumper::Dumper(\%port_channels));

__DATA__
port-channel 1
    Administrative channel mode is on
    Operational channel mode is on
    Last membership update succeeded
    First operational port is fc1/5
    2 ports in total, 2 ports up
    Ports:   fc2/5    [up]  
             fc1/5    [up] *

port-channel 3
    Administrative channel mode is on
    Operational channel mode is on
    Last membership update succeeded
    First operational port is fc1/1
    1 port in total, 1 port up
    Ports:   fc1/1    [up] *
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Output:

$VAR1 = {
          '1' => [
                   'fc2/5',
                   'fc1/5'
                 ],
          '3' => [
                   'fc1/1'
                 ]
        };
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Update: Added the explanation at the top.

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